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    2x512mb Corsair XMS DDR333 or 1x1024mb Transcend

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by sophis, Nov 20, 2004.

  1. sophis

    sophis Newbie

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    I am looking to upgrade my ram pretty soon. Both the Corsair XMS and the Transcend are about the same price. The reason why I would go with the 2x512mb is the low latency. The Corsair XMS DDR333 has a CL of 2.0 while the Transcend has a CL of 2.5. Any thoughts on whether to choose one or the other besides getting the 1x1024mb so I can upgrade to 2gigs later down the line? This is for a Sony A270.
     
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    mathlete2001 Notebook Deity

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    If you really want to be that future-proofed, go for the 1gb stick, but you will take a performance hit in the meantime.

    * Inspiron 8600c * 1.8ghz Pentium M * 128 MB Radeon 9600 Pro Turbo * 2x512 MB DDR2700 SDRAM * 60GB 7200RPM HDD *
     
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    highlandsun Notebook Evangelist

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    Realistically, the difference between CL2.0 and CL2.5 is hardly measurable, let alone noticable. I only got 1.6% faster performance running CL2.0 memory.

    old: Sony PCG-GR300P 1.13GHz PIII-M, 512MB
    new: Asus M6Ne 2.00GHz P-M, 2GB
     
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    mathlete2001 Notebook Deity

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    1.6% in what environment?

    * Inspiron 8600c * 1.8ghz Pentium M * 128 MB Radeon 9600 Pro Turbo * 2x512 MB DDR2700 SDRAM * 60GB 7200RPM HDD *
     
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    1.6% greater bandwidth as measured by SISoft Sandra.

    It also bumped up my pi_test results by about the same margin.

    old: Sony PCG-GR300P 1.13GHz PIII-M, 512MB
    new: Asus M6Ne 2.00GHz P-M, 2GB
     
    highlandsun, Dec 3, 2004
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