• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

Ram for Dell M1330

Leros

Leros

Lifer
It seems my M1330 supports both PC2-5300 and PC2-6400, however there is a significant price difference ($38 vs $60 for a 2GB module).

The Dell upgrade center (which has horrible prices) only offers the PC2-5300.

Should I spend the extra money and get the faster RAM or will I not see a performance difference?
 
It won't be dramatic and you'll probably only notice it if you're gaming. If you do game get the pc26400 but not from dell. Purchase it from newegg.
 
Originally posted by: valo123
It won't be dramatic and you'll probably only notice it if you're gaming. If you do game get the pc26400 but not from dell. Purchase it from newegg.
Click to expand...

I have no intentions of gaming, just basic web browsing, some occasional programming. Nothing to heavy, but I do to have run Vista smoothly.

The $38 (PC2-5300) vs $60 (PC2-6400) is newegg prices.

Dell wants $150 for PC2-5300 :Q
 
Leave it to Dell to rape their customers of every last cent...if you're not gaming i'd say just go with the 5300, vista takes up about 512mb so you should still be fine with 2g. btw, if your OS isn't 64bit i'd suggest getting 2x1gig modules unless you're planning on upgrading your OS to 64bit before you upgrade you're ram again.
 
Its not a big price difference to get 1x2GB vs 2x1GB and it leaves me future expandability for down the road.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top