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    2700 vs 3200 RAM

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Iueamin, Sep 26, 2007.

  1. Iueamin

    Iueamin Notebook Enthusiast

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    My laptop is an Alienware Aurora m9700 that is about 1 year old.

    I heard for ram 3200 is faster than 2700.

    My laptop has 1 GB of 3200 RAM right now. I can get 2GB of 2700 RAM now for a super cheap price. Would switching the 3200 1GB of RAM with 2GB of 2700 RAM be better or worse for gaming performance?
     
    Iueamin, Sep 26, 2007
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  2. JCMS

    JCMS Notebook Prophet

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    Both are slow for nowadays stats.

    PC3200 is really better.

    PC2700 is considerably more expensive than PC-3200 right now.

    I'd suggest adding another 1GB PC-3200, would be better.

    Also, is it PC3200 or PC 2-3200 ?

    2GB PC 2700 would be better for sure, but 2GB PC-3200 would be even better
     
    JCMS, Sep 26, 2007
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  3. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    Ram speeds will not make a difference in both gaming or every day computing. But more ram will always help, thus get as much as you can, don't worry about the speed of it.
     
    adinu, Sep 26, 2007
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  4. JCMS

    JCMS Notebook Prophet

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    Well, When I got my 1GB of DDR400 for my desktop, I tried with 1.5 and 2GB (I had 2x512) and since my chipset didn't 3x PC-3200, I had to slow it down to PC 2100 and 2GB of PC 2100 was slower than 1.5GB of PC-3200.

    I do agree that DDR2 667 or 800 won't be much, but it's already 2x the speed of PC 2700 & PC 3200
     
    JCMS, Sep 26, 2007
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    You can't use DDR2 in a DDR laptop. They aren't compatible with eachother. PC-3200 is as fast as DDR gets.
     
    Lithus, Sep 26, 2007
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