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Laptop RAM upgrade

  • 11-01-2009 7:55pm
    #1
    Davey909
    Closed Accounts Posts: 62 ✭✭


    Hi, I'm looking to upgrade the RAM on my gf's laptop & was looking for some advice. It's an Advent 7094 & I wish to upgrade the RAM from 256 to 1024. I was looking on Komplette.ie's website & the memory selector thingy gives me the following 2 options:

    Crucial DDR SO-DIMM PC2700 1024MB CL2,5


    Crucial DDR SO-DIMM PC3200 1024MB CL3

    I wouldn't know what these specs mean, so was wondering if there is any advantage of picking one over the other, the prices are near identical.

    Thanks for any help in advance.


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  • #2
    CourierCollie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 663 ✭✭✭CourierCollie


    Sorry I don't know the difference between the 2. But I had a look on crucials own site and they recommend the PC3200 http://crucial.com/eu/store/listparts.aspx?model=7094 I'd also recommend ordering from them. The postage may be a bit higher, But they deliver using UPS(I think), and stuff arrives very quickly and well packaged.


  • #3
    Davey909
    Closed Accounts Posts: 62 ✭✭Davey909


    Cool, thanks for the help


  • #4
    R3al
    Closed Accounts Posts: 303 ✭✭R3al


    Davey909 wrote: »

    Crucial DDR SO-DIMM PC2700 1024MB CL2,5


    Crucial DDR SO-DIMM PC3200 1024MB CL3

    I wouldn't know what these specs mean, so was wondering if there is any advantage of picking one over the other, the prices are near identical.
    quote]

    DDR means double data rate i.e.the transfer rate of data is double that of standard cards

    SO-DIMM is the type of card (small outline dual inline memory module) other types are DIMM and SDRAM etc.

    PC**** is the bandwidth of the card so the higher the number the higher the bandwidth i.e.PC3200 = 3.2GB/sec

    ****MB is obviously the memory size of the ram card

    CL* is the latency of the card (number of clock cycles before data is processed) the lower the latency the better the performance


  • #5
    CourierCollie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 663 ✭✭✭CourierCollie


    Kinda by the way. But I did the same upgrade on my old laptop, about 6 months ago, and the improvement was amazing. What surprised me most was how much the boot up time improved. Basically everything else was a lot better too.


  • #6
    ~EnDaScOpE~
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20 ✭~EnDaScOpE~


    Either or is grand for your laptop, It would be best to go for PC3200 as it's backwards compatible go to ebay for better RAM prices


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  • #7
    Davey909
    Closed Accounts Posts: 62 ✭✭Davey909


    That's the one I went for, cheers


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