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    V2565 Memory Upgrade Recommendations

    Discussion in 'HP' started by richlvilla, Jan 24, 2006.

  1. richlvilla

    richlvilla Notebook Enthusiast

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    I recently purchased a Compaq V2565 (Turion 64 ML-32, 1.8MHz, 512KB L2 Cache) and want to upgrade the system RAM.

    It came installed with 2 256MB PC2700/333MHz SODIMMS. I am running the shared video memory at 64MB (128MB is the largest setting), leaving 448MB for the OS and applications.

    I KNOW I NEED TO UPGRADE TO 1GB, but for you Windows Vista "visioneers", do you think that 1GB should be enough memory (896MB with 128MB as shared video memory) to run Vista later this year? I am mostly running apps. like Word, Outlook, IE, PhotoShop, Messenger and have iTunes or audio streaming in the background. I'm NOT a game player.

    I want to upgrade to 1GB of PC3200/400MHz memory, but it's a little cheaper to buy 2 512's vs. 1 1GB SODIMM. But I don't want to toss a 512MB away later if I need more.

    Also, is there a performance hit if I leave one memory bank empty?
     
    richlvilla, Jan 24, 2006
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  2. Soul814

    Soul814 Notebook Consultant

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    I can't afford a second 1gb of OCZ PC3200 so I use 512mb stock PC2700 and one stick of my new 1gb PC3200, until i can afforda new one. You should just get one 1gb stick of PC3200 and use the PC2700 if you dont mind the speeds going lower. If you do use both you'll get 1.25gb of ram, and you can dedicate 128mb to the video card.
     
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  3. brianstretch

    brianstretch Notebook Virtuoso

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    Buy the single 1GB SODIMM. There's no performance penalty for using a single stick. You could keep one of your existing SODIMMs for 1.25GB total but I'd dump the old 256MB's on eBay while they're still worth something, plus running PC3200 on a shared memory GPU notebook makes a lot of sense.
     
    brianstretch, Jan 24, 2006
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  4. chinna_n

    chinna_n Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    I second that!
    Have 1GB DDR400 stick and should be fine for Vista too.
     
    chinna_n, Jan 24, 2006
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