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| Thread ID: 93114 | 2008-09-04 01:16:00 | How to boost my laptops ram? | tuiruru (12277) | Press F1 |
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| 702402 | 2008-09-04 01:16:00 | I've got a Toshiba M 30 about 3.5-4yrs old with 512 Mg DDR 2700 RAM running XP SP 2. Reading the forums and the mags it seems the best way to boost performance is to chuck in more memory. So, I've been doing some web investigating and "local" phoning. One school of thought says that I should just put in another 512 M to bring it uo to I Gb. Another says that 2 x 1Gb matched modules is the way to go. Someone else says with XP there's no point in going above 1 gb (I'm not playing games, flight sims etc but do do a lot of photographic work) and yet someone else says slap a 1 GB stick in with the 512m (keep the 512 'cos that will "slow up" the newer technology in the new stick!!) (but is it "matched") so where does all this leave me?? I've been quoteded $152 or $105 for 1Gb or $70 for 512 Mb (different suppliers) - are these ball park figures? Any advice welcome Assume I know nothing |
tuiruru (12277) | ||
| 702403 | 2008-09-04 02:10:00 | Check out www.pricespy.co.nz (www.pricespy.co.nz) for prices for computer stuff. Have a look for the laptop ram: www.pricespy.co.nz Print it out and get your local shops to price match and install the ram for you. Sell the 512 mb ddr ram to a friend/family/trademe/ebay/newspaper etc. Get 2 x 1024 mb ddr 400 ram and yes it will work on your laptop.(2 x 1 gig sticks). It will make your computer more responsive and faster you, don't have to play games to want to have a better computer!!! And the thing is it will be way better then 512 mb of ram and this is the way to go it does not matter if you are doing not so intensive stuff, its better to have more ram to make it a more enjoyable computing experience. | memphis (2869) | ||
| 702404 | 2008-09-04 02:46:00 | Using PriceSpy to check prices is a good suggestion from Memphis. I recently bought 1Gig of RAM from PB Technologies for $52 for my laptop and they put it in for me for free (mind you, so easy, even I could have done it). The prices you have been quoted seem high, though the guy at PB Tech, who was most helpful, said that mine cost less as the machine just over a year old. Will be interested in the response you get re mixing old and new RAM of different capacities. I left my "old" 512Mg in and had added the "new" 1 Gig. Misty :2cents: |
Misty (368) | ||
| 702405 | 2008-09-04 02:51:00 | I recently bought 1Gig of RAM from PB Technologies for $52 for my laptop and they put it in for me for free (mind you, so easy, even I could have done it) . The prices you have been quoted seem high, though the guy at PB Tech, who was most helpful, said that mine cost less as the machine just over a year old . If it was only just over a year old then it would take DDR2, which is cheaper then DDR that the tuiruru requires . |
stormdragon (6013) | ||
| 702406 | 2008-09-04 19:46:00 | ddrii ram is way cheaper than ddr ram. I can get 2gb decent ddrii 800 laptop ram from my supplier for all of $50, to get the equivalent in ddr400 it costs over twice the price. | Lee08 (13930) | ||
| 702407 | 2008-09-04 21:21:00 | ddrii ram is way cheaper than ddr ram. I can get 2gb decent ddrii 800 laptop ram from my supplier for all of $50, to get the equivalent in ddr400 it costs over twice the price. Yeah-manufactures don't make DDR anymore-way more expensive now |
Blam (54) | ||
| 702408 | 2008-09-05 02:54:00 | Everyone assumes that more memory will be the answer to an old laptop's speed problems . How can you be so sure? Quite frankly, this old laptop will always be a mediocre performer . More memory won't overcome the inherently slow cpu or the slow HDD . If you want performance you need a good Intel core 2 duo (or quad) cpu and a 7200 rpm HDD to go along with the extra RAM . Diminishing returns quickly sets in with XP and RAM . |
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