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    Upgrading F3Ka Asus Laptop

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by sergi, Apr 19, 2010.

  1. sergi

    sergi Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,

    I bought this laptop some years ago. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220202

    Since I don't know if my laptop have an extra hdd bay, i want to upgrade to a larger hard drive, also replace the memory from 2GB to 4GB, what do you think of these components, are they compatible with the laptop?

    hard drive: Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BEVT 500GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136314

    memory: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16820145172
    too bad, the price of this memory went up like $30+, any cheaper alternative?
     
    sergi, Apr 19, 2010
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    sean473 Notebook Prophet

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    your hard drive and RAM will work but if ur paying $75 for the WD , why not try 500GB Hitachi 7K500? Fastest mobile drive and its $89 on newegg... its should run quieter and faster and should make ur system snapier..

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...re=500gb_hitachi_7K500-_-22-145-275-_-Product

    As for RAM , look for other brands like OCZ , G Skill.. they'll be cheaper.. also look for DDR2-800 RAM.. its cheaper and will also work because it will automatically downclock to 667MHz... its PC2-6400 RAM...
     
    sean473, Apr 19, 2010
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  3. sergi

    sergi Notebook Enthusiast

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    thank you sean.

    I don't know why the RAM is so expensive now than 3 months ago.
     
    sergi, Apr 20, 2010
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    DDR2 RAM is phasing out of production and being replaced by DDR3... so now stocks going down and prices are increasing..
     
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    I see..
    so I wait, or its better to expend $100+ of 2x2GB of RAM?
     
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    if ur laptop supports 4GB RAM and u plan to keep it for a while and use RAM intensive apps , then get the 4GB.. no harm done.. better to get it now than later... but if ur like me , i'm getting laptop in 4 months , i won't upgrade.
     
    sean473, Apr 21, 2010
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