Which brand of memory did you buy?

This non-self-serving, just-for-fun, informational poll is to find out what memory Lenovo users bought to boost their laptop's performance.

 

Kingston KVR667 1GB for $45

 

Bought Crucial memory, bought it because the price was reasonable(independence day sale) and the brand has a great reputation.

it was a 2X 1gb PC5300 kit, part number CT2KIT12864AC667

 

T61 = ocz2gb and 512hynix (until another sub $25 1gb stick comes around).

ive ran Gskill and Crucial in this as well, and no problems.

 

Voted before reading that it's for Lenovo -- bought mine for an HP tx1000 -- works great.

 

4 GB of OCZ

 

A 2GB SODIMM of Corsair RAM.

 

2GB (1GBx2) of Crucial DDR2 667 Rams.

 

Go Corsair, go!! WOOT WOOT!!

 

2x1gig PC2-5300 SO-DIMM DDRII667 G. SKill - $79

 

2x1gig Crucial $29 each after rebate /flex

 

1 X Kingston 1GB PC2-5300 - S$68

 

Kingston DDR2 KVR667-D2S5 1GB X 2.

 

OCZ - 4GB DDR2 (2 x 2GB matched kit) from frys.com $159

 

STT 1x2GB
there is no STT?

 

I remember way back in the day(pre-1998) when all the "hot shot" computer manufacturers(dell, gateway,hp ) used to advertise that they use crucial memory exclusively.

 

Almost of these brands use the exact same micron chips and have a lifetime warranty. As far as laptop computers go, the RAM you buy should be the cheapest as long as it has micron chips and lifetime warranty. Desktop computers are different though... you some brands offer lower latency chips and overclockability.

 

Linkage please

 

It's out of stock
But you can get two single sticks separately for total of $170 shipped if you need 4 Gigs.

http://shop2.outpost.com/product/5284707

 

Yes, RAM is commodity.
The branding doesn't really mean anything.

 

Yeah, it's out of stock. Fry's usually isn't out of stock on their RAM for maor than about 1 week. For some reason it seems like the prices of RAM is starting to go up a little over the past week.

If you check this thread the first page is updated daily on the best RAM deals: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=121363

 

They are probably gonna keep going higher, so if anyone hasn't bought their ram yet, now would be the best time.

 

That's what I was suspecting. That's why I already have mine sitting here in front of me without even having a laptop to put it in!:laugh:

 

Not really.....I just saw two days ago 2GB (1x2) Crucial RAM at Fry's for only $45. http://dealmac.com/deals/Crucial-2-...y-Kit-for-45-shipped-after-rebate/175817.html If anything, that's the best deal I've seen yet!

See, this is how dumb rumors start. By the way, that deal has since expired, but I prove my point.

 

Same here.

 

Its really not a rumor, by the time the back to school season gets in full gear the prices will go up. More demand, higher prices. Right now the demand isn't very high.

I could probably dig up a article on it but I'm to lazy atm.

 

Memory prices are bottoming out right now.

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40772

 

Agree!!!!!!

 

I'm just waiting for the Patriot 2gb stick to go down to $89.99 or below before i pick up another stick. It's been hovering around $99.99 at frys.com for the past week and a half.

The crucial ram deal only lasted a day, july 4th, for walk-in-sales from frys [two days online]. I honestly cant image the price of a 2gb PC2-5300 SODIMM stick going below $79.99, what Frys had the OCZ stick listed for two weeks ago.

Edit:
Here's an article from June 26, stating DDR2 ram prices should be going up sometime in July.

 

Looks like this is ~$29.98 (I included shipping) for 1GB Crucial after $20 rebate. Rebate form good through July 20:

Crucial 1GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Notebook Memory - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145048

Look good to you guys? I already have 1GB PC2 5300 DDR2 SO-DIMM (which should be 1GB in one slot).

 

ocz 2gb 5400 single module is on sale at frys.com for 90 soemthing bucks after californian tax and shipping

 

I bought 2x 2GB DDR2-667 modules of Super Talent memory. Unfortunately one of the modules failed on me so I have to RMA it . . . :-\

Right now I'm running on 2GB x1 and it's fine.

 

http://shop2.outpost.com/product/5284707

 

He included California tax, which in my area is 8.25%, putting the overall price at ~$92.

 

The OCZ 2GB stick seems to be gone...

 

Yup, it appears both 2gb and 4gb deals are gone from the site.

 

haha they must've had an influx of thinkpad owners.

 

A very small influx compared to the shear numbers of slickdealers and fatwalleters.

 

seconded...

I bought it for $75 - ($30 rebate) = $45. After tax I will have paid $50.18 for 2GB of ram, which is less than upgrading to the cheapest 1GB (512MB x 2DIMM) option on the Lenovo site.

Only thing I wasn't too happy with was that crucial only has a 1 year limited warranty...but its still crucial memory

 

There is nothing special about Crucial.
I'd rather take non-crucial sticks with lifetime warranty.

 

Just ordered crucial 1GB. Specs claim lifetime limited warrantee.

 

crucial memory has a lifetime warranty. They provide 1 yr warranty on their video card products.

 

I bought G.Skill you insensitive clod. It works great in my T61.

 

Crucial 1GB here.

 

Whats the difference between the 5300 and 5400 RAM? ThinkPad OEM is all 5300. Is 5400 faster?

Thanks

 

No, they are the same. Look at what Evolution had to say:


"PC5300 and PC5400 are the same thing (they exist for both desktops and notebooks)

It works like this, you take the speed of the ram and multiply it by eight therefore you get 667Mhz x 8 = 5336
All that happens is that some manufacturers round this down to 5300 while others will round up to 5400 (i.e. PC5300 or PC5400), that is all there is to it.

The same story exist when talking about PC4200 vs PC4300 " -Evolution

Here is the link to the page:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=121363&page=28

 

I like Kingston , never had any problem with it