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Title: computer upgrade questions
Post by: *MAFIA* Tin_man_© on May 03, 2010, 06:18:09 PM
i have a gateway laptop, im looking to put more memory in it but im not sure what it takes for a memory card, i looked on gateways site and it gave me these options...

-2GB DDR2 PC2-5300 SODIMM
-2GB 200-pin SODIMM DDR2

Does anyone recommend anything else? im looking to improve my laptops performance basically starting with RAM.
Title: Re: computer upgrade questions
Post by: Waffleboy on May 03, 2010, 06:49:33 PM
What are your laptops current specs?
Title: Re: computer upgrade questions
Post by: *MAFIA* Meeester on May 03, 2010, 06:53:08 PM
Buy a new one noob. How old is the laptop? If it's of a certain age then you'll be polishing a piece of shit.
Title: Re: computer upgrade questions
Post by: *MAFIA* Tin_man_© on May 03, 2010, 07:53:31 PM
it aint even a year old u stupid nigger <3 besides the only reason im doing this is so it can funtion better after i put win 7 op on it. i get most of my stuff from newegg.com just wanted to know what brands were good...
Title: Re: computer upgrade questions
Post by: *MAFIA* Scooby on May 03, 2010, 08:11:53 PM
it aint even a year old u stupid nigger <3 besides the only reason im doing this is so it can funtion better after i put win 7 op on it. i get most of my stuff from newegg.com just wanted to know what brands were good...

Why don't you post the model number of your laptop? Then we can narrow it down more.
Title: Re: computer upgrade questions
Post by: Waffleboy on May 04, 2010, 09:48:31 AM
it aint even a year old u stupid nigger <3 besides the only reason im doing this is so it can funtion better after i put win 7 op on it. i get most of my stuff from newegg.com just wanted to know what brands were good...

In my experience, RAM brands don't make too much of a difference, but I think the most popular and respected are Corsair, OCZ, Kingston, and Patriot.  I've used Patriot and Corsair myself and haven't had a problem with either.  But yeah, either post the model number of the laptop or a Belarc Advisory analysis.
Title: Re: computer upgrade questions
Post by: *MAFIA* KrautKiller on May 05, 2010, 04:05:33 AM
Kingston for life.

RAM isn't going to matter if your CPU isn't good enough. Bottleneck ftl.
Title: Re: computer upgrade questions
Post by: *MAFIA* Bonehead on May 05, 2010, 06:32:38 PM
the true bottleneck is the system bus :D if the cpu is 600mhz and the bus is 533mhz, it cripples the speed at what info is feed to the cpu, and out feed from the cpu. asm code is even limited at the bus speed to the the cpu. :)