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    Upgrading to 2gigs of RAM (compatibility/recommendations)

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Johnny, Jul 26, 2006.

  1. Johnny

    Johnny Notebook Geek

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    Alright, I have 1 gig(2x512MB) as of now, and will be getting 2 gigs(2x1GB) soon. I was just curious about brands/compatibility. As of now, I am pretty positive that 2 sticks of OCZ 533(PC2 4200) will do the trick. I don't see the point of buying 667MHz RAM to give me little to no performance boost.

    I've looked on OCZ's website, and can't find memory recommendations for my model. So I guess my question is if the RAM is compatible or not. If the case is it's not, then which company would you recommend as a secondary choice.


    Thanks in advance
     
    Johnny, Jul 26, 2006
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  2. saturnotaku

    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Generally speaking, RAM is RAM. As long as you stick to a name brand (I prefer Crucial or Corsair) and purchase modules that are the correct speed and pin count, you'll be fine.
     
    saturnotaku, Jul 26, 2006
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  3. mZimm

    mZimm Notebook Evangelist

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    Any 200-pin DDR2 SO-DIMM will work fine. As he said though, I'd go with a name brand and I would stick with two sticks that are the same size for dual channel.
     
    mZimm, Jul 26, 2006
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  4. Iter

    Iter Notebook Evangelist

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    If your mainboard can support up to 667MHz, just go for 667MHz because the price is not a big difference between 533 and 667. i'm planning to upgrade to 2x1024MB (667)as well. Hopefully, the price will be drop soon.
     
    Iter, Jul 26, 2006
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  5. Thaenatos

    Thaenatos Zero Cool

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    get 533 or 667 so-dimm 200 pin ddr2. The speed really dosent matter as the cas overrides the speed increase. either speed will do, but make sure it is so-dimm ddr2
     
    Thaenatos, Jul 26, 2006
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