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    Dell Vostro 1500 Upgrade-Is this good memory?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by bmwm3oz, Mar 28, 2008.

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    Ok I'll order this ram...will the first HD on that page work with this laptop?
     
    bmwm3oz, Mar 28, 2008
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    That memory will work in your system, but ADATA is not the best

    I would buy two of these cards:
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145172

    They will save you even more money, and Corsair makes better, more compatible memory cards.

    As far as a 7200rpm harddrive goes, the fastest harddrive is the Hitachi 7K200.
    The 7K200 is also the same speed as the Samsung 320Gb 5400RPM harddrives.
    If you have a 250Gb 5400rpm drive in your notebook now, you will barely notice a speed increase by buying a faster harddrive.
    Data Density works just as good as higher spindle speeds

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Mar 28, 2008
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    I got Vista 32Bit I'm guessing so should I even get 4GB of ram?
     
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Vista 32bit will recognize 3.25Gb of memory, which will be much more than 2Gb of memory.
    Many Vista users say that the third Gb of memory makes a big performance increase.

    Please do not buy that 80Gb 7200rpm drive, it will slow down your system more than your current harddrive.

    K-TRON
     
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    Problem is...I ordered the worst HD they had with it. Which was a 80GB 5400 RPM. Isn't that a little to small?
     
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    Okay I'm ordering 2 of those sticks right now.
     
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    Well bmwm if you already ordered I suggest spending $150 on a 320GB HDD (or large 7200 if you prefer) at NewEgg. Then using the 80GB 5400 (not good, small and slow) as an external.
     
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Since you have a slow 5400rpm drive, I recommend getting the Samsung or WD 320Gb laptop harddrives, they will give you about a 2.5x performance boost on read/write cycles, which will definitely speed things up.

    Here are the options:
    ($165 for 200GB 7200rpm Hitachi)
    http://http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145160

    ($140 for the 320Gb 5400rpm Samsung)
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152111

    ($150 for 320Gb 5400rpm WD)
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136197

    The 320Gb 5400rpm drives are identical in speed with the 200Gb 7200rpm drive, so its really up to you which one you want to buy.

    K-TRON
     
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    That 320GB looks interesting. So it's the same speed as that 7200 RPM?
     
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    Would there be any benefit to get 800mhz memory for a vostro 1700? The processor i bought runs at 800mhz fsb.
     
    See-Fu, Mar 28, 2008
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    Nooooo. 5400RPM =/= 7200RPM hehe... Don't mind me :)
    Get the 200Gb, 7200RPM drive... I wish i had one of those personally.

    The MoBo Chipset wont handle 800mhz ram sorry :-\
     
    Hawkshark, Mar 28, 2008
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    It can handle the ram (800MHz ram) but will run at 667MHz. If you need the space get the 320gb drive.
     
    dvdivx, Mar 30, 2008
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    Well actually, the 320GB's platter density could cancel out the added bandwitch (but not access time) of the 200GB's extra spins per minute.
     
    Can Not, Jun 11, 2008
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