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    Upgrading Dell memory

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by gbriank, Apr 9, 2006.

  1. gbriank

    gbriank Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just bought a E1505 w/ 512 mb ram. Would like to buy another stick of 1 gb....there are two versions of Kensington that would work. Value stick priced at around $100 and another called INSP6000 for around $130. Is there a major difference between the two?
     
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    cheesecake0404 Notebook Guru

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    Did Dell give you 2 sticks of 256mb or just 1 512mb. Since there is ony 2 slots, this would be a good thing to know. I don't know much about Kensington, but I suggest looking at crucial memory as well on newegg.com.
     
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    Aivyn Notebook Consultant

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    value ram is fine, i put it in my Inspiron 9100, works great gaming etc. ur gonna want to run dual channel though for max productivity so u will want 2 sticks of the same amount I would say
     
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    otaku Notebook Deity

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    Do you mean kingston? Kingston is good ram crucial is also excellent, both can be expensive. I prefer not to get value ram but thats just me. You will want to go dual channel and get two identical sticks (same size and brand)
     
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    gbriank Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks y'all....I'll order Kensington once the Dell comes in. There is one 512mb stick in it. Biggest question, should i rachet it up to 1gb or 2? I know that the video card (256 X1400) "shares" 128mb with the mainboard.....Thoughts?
     
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