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    T500 upgrades

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Compendium, Dec 16, 2008.

  1. Compendium

    Compendium Notebook Enthusiast

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    is it worth it to upgrade the ram to 4gb and the hard drive through lenovo or should i just buy the basic stuff and buy parts from newegg or something and upgrade myself?
     
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    Ordering RAM separately from lenovo is cheper than any of the new egg options, check cpp site.

    as for HDD, it is way better to buy outside lenovo
     
    martinmach, Dec 16, 2008
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    I'd recomend changing away from seagate as other disk manufacturers got patents on disk silencing that seagate did not.
    renee
     
    Renee, Dec 16, 2008
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    Is this still the case since DDR3 RAM can be expensive?
     
    THAANSA3, Dec 16, 2008
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    i meant ordering separately from their website. i saved over 15$ wrt the cheapest ddr3 module in the market
     
    martinmach, Dec 16, 2008
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    Yeah, that's what I meant as well, but you answered that question. Thanks. I was just wondering because the other day, I saw 2X2GB DDR3 RAM for over $100 on Newegg before shipping.
     
    THAANSA3, Dec 17, 2008
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    i ordered 1X2GB ddr3 for 47$
     
    martinmach, Dec 17, 2008
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    From Newegg?
     
    THAANSA3, Dec 17, 2008
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    no lenovo cpp, 47$ with taxes
     
    martinmach, Dec 17, 2008
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    Ahh, I see. I think I misunderstood you earlier, but I get it now. Sorry about that.
     
    THAANSA3, Dec 17, 2008
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    I got a 2GB DDR3 module from newegg for $54 for my new T500. Lenovo wanted an extra $140 for this same amount to be added when building the machine.
     
    FunkyBoss, Dec 17, 2008
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    Yeah, I did the research and found out the same. It's ridiculous.
     
    THAANSA3, Dec 17, 2008
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