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    Patriot RAM

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by leftside, Jul 27, 2007.

  1. leftside

    leftside Notebook Geek

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    I want to upgrade the 2gb RAM on my (soon to be delivered...) Dell XPS M1330 laptop to 4gb. I see that on ebay there is Patriot RAM being sold for a reasonable price:

    2 x 2GB (4GB) 256MX64
    True PC2-5300 667MHz
    DDR2 Memory
    200 Pin, Gold Leads
    1.8V
    CAS Latency (CL 5)
    This is non ECC, non REGISTERED

    Is Patriot a decent brand of RAM?

    Thanks.
     
    leftside, Jul 27, 2007
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  2. cpterm

    cpterm Notebook Guru

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    I used one 2GB module in my Thinkpad T61. It works smoothly.
     
    cpterm, Jul 27, 2007
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  3. allan_huang

    allan_huang Notebook Deity

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    I would say that Patriot is one the lower brand names
     
    allan_huang, Jul 27, 2007
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  4. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    Patriot (like many other "brands") is using Micron memory chips... pretty much as good as it gets.

    Can you say Crucial? ;)
     
    Gophn, Jul 27, 2007
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    osso002 Notebook Evangelist

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  6. leftside

    leftside Notebook Geek

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    Yeah, I checked out the hot RAM deals thread, but newegg (and a lot of other retailers) only ship to the US, and I'm in Canada.
     
    leftside, Jul 27, 2007
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    ldiamond Notebook Evangelist

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    Try NCIX.com Tigerdirect.ca Directcanada.com etc...
    Try shopbot.ca

    NCIX has corsair ram (1GB pc2-5300) for 50$

    Also, I doubt you need 4GB, unless its really not much more expensive, I'd get 3GB
     
    ldiamond, Jul 27, 2007
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  8. leftside

    leftside Notebook Geek

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    Cheers. There's a couple of Canadian links listed that I didn't know about.
     
    leftside, Jul 27, 2007
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  9. leftside

    leftside Notebook Geek

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    About the best price in Canada is $300 (Canadian$ + tax). In the US it is about $200 (US$ + shipping + possible taxes and custom charges).

    Nice thing about some sellers on ebay is that you can deal directly with the guy selling, and sometimes they'll mark the package with a low value and you'll avoid custom fees and taxes.

    Btw- I often run multiple VPC's, so having 4GB RAM would be very nice.
     
    leftside, Jul 27, 2007
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  10. allan_huang

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    Try shoprbc.com, great service.
    Got 2*1024mb 533 for $43 each, for some reason it was $1 more expensive than 667
     
    allan_huang, Jul 27, 2007
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  11. rhino.software

    rhino.software Notebook Consultant

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    patriot are a well known brand in usa but i tend to stick to ocz and g-skill or even geil but its a preference ;)

    i myself would stay well clear of crucial and corsair value :) tho some users here like these companies :p
     
    rhino.software, Jul 27, 2007
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  12. Mike Landry

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    You can also try some tech deal sites, they often post great RAM deals at a tempting price
     
    Mike Landry, Jul 28, 2007
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