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    Ram?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by dul3728, Aug 5, 2007.

  1. dul3728

    dul3728 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello everyone,

    can anyone guide me on buying a 2GB PC5300 200-Pin SO-DIMM DDR2 667 for my much awaiting T61p. I have checked Newegg.com and found a number of different manufacturers offering similar RAM for almost similar prices. What is the difference? quality wise?

    Thanks.

    Manufacturers:
    Transcend
    SimpleTech
    GeIL
    A-DATA
    Patriot
    PNY Optima
    G.SKILL
    CORSAIR
     
    dul3728, Aug 5, 2007
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    stallen Thinkpad Woody

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    Go to this thread: RAM Deals

    The first page is updated almost daily. Do not buy RAM based on name brand. The major manufacturers (Corsair, Kingston, OCZ, Patriot, Geil, and many many more) all use the same micron chips. There is no difference quality wise. This is a different story for desktop RAM, but with notebook RAM... Buy whatever is cheapest that carries a lifetime warranty (most of them do).

    Any 200-pin 667mhz (PC5300 or PC5400) will work just fine. Remeber anytime you upgrade RAM you should test it using memtest86+. Faulty RAM is installed more often than people realize and is often the source of instability issues. (Link in my sig)
     
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    dul3728 Notebook Enthusiast

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    great... thanks a lot for ur advice.
     
    dul3728, Aug 5, 2007
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