What memory should I choose?

AaronW

AaronW

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I want to upgrade my laptop to 4GB for 64bit Vista and don't know what option to go for. One costs £58 and the other £94. Is it worth the difference in price and will I notice a difference in speed / performance?

Thanks for any help.


Module Size: 4GB kit (2GBx2)
Package: 200-pin SODIMM
Feature: DDR2 PC2-5300
Specs: DDR2 PC2-5300 • CL=5 • Unbuffered • NON-ECC • DDR2-667 • 1.8V • 256Meg x 64


or

Module Size: 4GB kit (2GBx2)
Package: 200-pin SODIMM
Feature: DDR2 PC2-6400
Specs: DDR2 PC2-6400 • CL=6 • Unbuffered • NON-ECC • DDR2-800 • 1.8V • 256Meg x 64
 
I would hazard a guess and say that they are both the exact same thing.

There's not £10 of a difference between them, nevermind £36.

The PC5300 will do you fine.
 
caithomas44 said:
check what your laptop has now/what it is capable of, you cannot mix and match :)
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well it has 2 x 1 gb and Vista Home 32 bit. It only has 2 slots so I would have to get 2 x 2gb. Proc is 2.2 Intel duo.

Hoping to get a performance boost with new mem and 64bit? (I don't really game on this).
 
The highest FSB that his CPU can be is 200/800mhz, so anything from PC2-4200 upwards will be fine. It's probably running PC2-5300 atm.

So there's absolutley no reason to go for the PC2-6400.
 
Cob said:
The highest FSB that his CPU can be is 200/800mhz, so anything from PC2-4200 upwards will be fine. It's probably running PC2-5300 atm.

So there's absolutley no reason to go for the PC2-6400.
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Yes, I have two 1GB running at PC2-6400.

So I should go for the 2 x 2GB PC2-6400 rather than the more expensive ones?

Thanks for your help. Not really understand mem spec.
 
Do you know which CPU you have?

PC2-5300 CAS5 and PC2-6400 CAS6 are pretty much the same thing (and as I said in the first post I wouldn't be surprised if sets are the same memory).
 
Cob said:
Do you know which CPU you have?

PC2-5300 CAS5 and PC2-6400 CAS6 are pretty much the same thing (and as I said in the first post I wouldn't be surprised if sets are the same memory).
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Intel dual core duo 2.2 MHz. It is a Dell XPS M1330
 
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