- Nov 9, 2004
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I'm shopping for memory for a Lenovo T450s, which has 4GB soldered to the motherboard and one available 204-pin DDR3 SO-DIMM socket, rated PC3-12800, 1600MHz, non-parity. I'm looking for an 8GB stick.
I care about reliability/longevity, performance, and price, in that order.
I assume that there is no value in getting a stick rated faster than PC3-12800, since the laptop wouldn't ever try to clock it faster than that. Is that correct?
Far a given clock speed, I assume the shortest CAS latency time would perform the best. Is that correct?
I've had very good results from Crucial in the past, and I'm inclined to go for a Crucial CT6942417 from crucial.com or a Crucial BLS8G3N169ES4 from Newegg, which is a few dollars less expensive and appears identical.
What do you think of those choices? Are there other units you would prefer over them?
I care about reliability/longevity, performance, and price, in that order.
I assume that there is no value in getting a stick rated faster than PC3-12800, since the laptop wouldn't ever try to clock it faster than that. Is that correct?
Far a given clock speed, I assume the shortest CAS latency time would perform the best. Is that correct?
I've had very good results from Crucial in the past, and I'm inclined to go for a Crucial CT6942417 from crucial.com or a Crucial BLS8G3N169ES4 from Newegg, which is a few dollars less expensive and appears identical.
What do you think of those choices? Are there other units you would prefer over them?