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    Ram upgrade to 1.5 from 1gig. Good/Bad/Stupid?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by optikfovea, Apr 29, 2006.

  1. optikfovea

    optikfovea Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm getting a M1710 at the cost of an arm and a leg...I want to upgrade the ram to 2 gigs. But, the cost is making me think twice about acquiring those 2 sticks of ram (I know...why is the guy who bought a xps m1710 suddenly being frugal? ...the company I work for gave me credit to buy a laptop for my work) . Would I see any credible amount of performance increase from that considering that it is a mismatched pair of ram (1 gig..plus 512mb) or will it be sort of hindered by this mismatching? Thanks
     
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    The RAM speed will be clocked down to the lower of the two modules. Apart from that any increase in RAM is worth it.
     
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    xbox360dellxpsm140guy Notebook Guru

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    upgrade the ram!!!! And you can get some kick ass chips off newegg.com made by OCZ for dirt cheap, you could get 2gb for $140, and sell the others.
     
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