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    Is this ram compatible with W510?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by bugyao, Jan 26, 2010.

  1. bugyao

    bugyao Notebook Enthusiast

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    bugyao, Jan 26, 2010
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    yes it is..
     
    PaAra, Jan 26, 2010
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    Is it posible to use those 8g of 1333 ram with another 2g 1067 combined to make a total of 10g in the w510?
     
    kava1, Sep 16, 2010
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    Yes, it will run but all three ram will run at 1067.
     
    sanb111, Sep 17, 2010
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    Is there any particular reason that you want 8 or 10GB of memory?
     
    sgogeta4, Sep 17, 2010
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    what's wrong with 8~10GB in a workstation-class notebook?   i have 16GB in my thinkstation and use 50~75% of it every day.

    task manager while rendering in solidworks:
    [​IMG]
     
    erik, Sep 17, 2010
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    Also, in most cases one should stick with either T510 / T410 if they don't want more than 8 g b ram. You should buy W510 if you need more processing power and if you buy W510 , minimum ram should be at least 8 GB. ( my view) :)
     
    sanb111, Sep 17, 2010
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    Well, that depends on what programs you intend to run. Some are more CPU-intensive, in which case >4GB of RAM is unnecessary, while others are both CPU and RAM intensive (ie, Solidworks, as erik has shown). Only for the latter will you really need more than 4GB of RAM.
     
    MidnightSun, Sep 17, 2010
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    There is nothing wrong if you are using a program that will utilize it or if you the cash...
     
    sgogeta4, Sep 18, 2010
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    Thank you. I have a program wich runs 8g of ram, so while it runs I wan`t to do something else, so those 2g of ram may help perfectly.
     
    kava1, Sep 18, 2010
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    RAM is about the whole system, not just individual applications.

    More RAM is always better. With the same profile of applications, it's night and day when you let Windows 7 run on 1GB RAM (it will definitely manage) and on 8GB RAM (it will fully utilize it). In the latter case, there is much less page faults: all those memory-disk swapping acrobatics waste time. So, we enjoy cache at the CPU level (like 6MB on an i7) and cache at the OS level (as much as you can throw RAM at it).

    Sure, "64KB is more than enough for anyone." Right, Bill.
     
    Kaso, Sep 21, 2010
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    to compare 1 gig to 8 gigs seems a bit extreme.
     
    lead_org, Sep 21, 2010
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  13. Kaso

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    The same "night" applies to 2GB, which is fairly common. Couple that with a 5400rpm drive (for paging) and it gets even "darker".

    What I was saying is that RAM is not "wasted" because your apps are CPU-bound. Heck, Mathematica is not just crunching numbers!
     
    Kaso, Sep 21, 2010
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