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    Going to buy new RAM

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by cjogn8230, Jan 10, 2013.

  1. cjogn8230

    cjogn8230 Notebook Guru

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    Hi guys,
    I am going to buy two sticks of RAM in the next few days, currently have 2GB of high performance RAM, going to buy 2 Crucial2GB sticks. I THOUGHT I had 4 slots on my mobo for 4 sticks of RAM, sothat I could keep my current 2GB sticks and therefore have 6GB, but now I think I'm mistaken...
    Can anyone tell me what the 2 smaller slots are next to the RAM slots
     
    cjogn8230, Jan 10, 2013
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  2. dandan112988

    dandan112988 Notebook Deity

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    Probably talking about the msata slot and the wihd card slot

    Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 2
     
    dandan112988, Jan 10, 2013
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  3. Tmets

    Tmets De-evolving to Amoeba

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    It's hard for anyone to help when you haven't said what the laptop is.

    This thread belongs in the hardware section of the forum.
     
    Tmets, Jan 10, 2013
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  4. Sublime865

    Sublime865 Notebook Consultant

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    Just as an FYI, Crucial memory is a little on the expensive side. I switched from them to G.Skill and found G.Skill to be even more reliable as well as faster AND stable when overclocked by large amounts... I remember back when I had some DDR2-800 running at 1150MHz with timings at 800 speed. Phenomenal stuff.

    Also, if you are buying DDR3, pick up an 8GB stick for about $30 from newegg, and it will leave you options in the future if you only have 2 slots. The 16GB DDR3-1600 10-10-10 is only about $70 if you want to go full bore and have dual channel. Otherwise pick up 2x4GB at least. DDR3 is cheap, enjoy it while you can ;)


    And yes, not knowing anything about your laptop leaves us unable to offer any real help.
     
    Sublime865, Jan 10, 2013
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  5. MrDJ

    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    as Tmets asked, what laptop have you got as some high end laptops have two slots in the base and two under the keyboard.
     
    MrDJ, Jan 10, 2013
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