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    Which ram should I buy?(got it narrowed down)

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by dblb48, Mar 30, 2008.

  1. dblb48

    dblb48 Notebook Consultant

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    So,
    I just ordered mny new t61, and I want to buy some accessories while the money's available. ( I have a feeling I'm soon to be a broke college kid.lol) back to the point my specs are: T8300 processor, NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M graphics, 160GB HD at 7200 rpm, and I ordered it with 1 GB DIMM. I want to add another 2 G, but I have heard there may be problems mixing and matching ram w/ the Graphic card I have, is this true. IF not, these are the ones I have found, I do not know if I should get DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) or DDR2 667 (PC2 5400)
    So here are the DDR2 667 (PC2 5300)s I found:
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145172
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220229

    for DDR2 667 (PC2 5400) i found
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227236

    Any advice would be appreciated
     
    dblb48, Mar 30, 2008
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    X2P COOLING | NBR Super Mod

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    Last one since its cheapest.

    Ram is the same regardless of manufacturer.
     
    X2P, Mar 30, 2008
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    jooooeee Stealth in disguise

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    No real diffrence OCZ seems to be a good brand I have it in my desktop and have had no problems.
     
    jooooeee, Mar 30, 2008
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    SouthPaw42, Mar 30, 2008
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    dblb48 Notebook Consultant

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    So, are you saying I SHOULD look for memory with the timings of 4 4 4 12, or look for 6 6 6 18 to match the factory one? sorry for my ignorance on the issue, I am far from being a computer guru.
     
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    The lower the CAS latency the less time it takes to fetch data from it. so a 4 is better then a 6.

    If the ram is 667 mhz then their are 667,000,000 cycles per second.

    The fewer cycles needed to read a certain cell of memeory the faster the system responds. For the same speed memory a lower Timing means faster performance.

    4 4 4 12 timing the system gets 55,583,333 memory cell reads per second
    6 6 6 18 timing the system gets 37,055,555 memory cell reads per second
     
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    Oh, ok thanks alot. Now I understand what you mean.
     
    dblb48, Mar 31, 2008
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