- Feb 24, 2010
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I recently bought a "stripped" Vostro 460. I only ordered 2 GB of memory since I just couldn't see paying $60 more to add 2 GB at the time of sale. The MoBo has 2 X1 GB sticks installed with 2 RAM slots open.
I looked on Dell's website for memoty "upgrades" to see what the specs. were, but the system appeares to be too new. Tech support said it takes 240 pin 1333MHz DDR3 PC-3 10600.
Dell "Certified" seems to be rediculously priced...a single 4GB stick is $270! Uh, no ;-).
The tech at ProSupport found 8 GB (2X 4GB) of "regular" Dell memory in his "internal" system, since Dell's website does not show any memory specifically for the Vostro 460. It runs $130.00, still a little high (by about $40 over GSkill) but guaranteed by Dell to fit my board and work with my system. Also becomes part of my Dell warranty. I don't think I really need to add 8GB, but he said the 2X4GB sticks were only $10 cheaper...go figure. The only aftermarket memory Dell sells really is Corsair at roughly $15/GB.
I can't find latency timings for the OEM memory in my system to match up to. If I decide on aftermarket memory, does it matter? If I add 4 GB (2X2)aftermarket sticks, will they work OK with the 2 GB of OEM? Don't know if I really need 8GB at this time.
I looked on Dell's website for memoty "upgrades" to see what the specs. were, but the system appeares to be too new. Tech support said it takes 240 pin 1333MHz DDR3 PC-3 10600.
Dell "Certified" seems to be rediculously priced...a single 4GB stick is $270! Uh, no ;-).
The tech at ProSupport found 8 GB (2X 4GB) of "regular" Dell memory in his "internal" system, since Dell's website does not show any memory specifically for the Vostro 460. It runs $130.00, still a little high (by about $40 over GSkill) but guaranteed by Dell to fit my board and work with my system. Also becomes part of my Dell warranty. I don't think I really need to add 8GB, but he said the 2X4GB sticks were only $10 cheaper...go figure. The only aftermarket memory Dell sells really is Corsair at roughly $15/GB.
I can't find latency timings for the OEM memory in my system to match up to. If I decide on aftermarket memory, does it matter? If I add 4 GB (2X2)aftermarket sticks, will they work OK with the 2 GB of OEM? Don't know if I really need 8GB at this time.