Which brand for laptop memory?

[Norske]

I just purchased a Dell XPS Gen 2 and I plan on buying 2 GB of RAM for it, but I really don't know which of these brands is the best. The only 2 brands I really buy for desktops is Mushkin and Corsair, so I'm not really sure what to do here.

Any recommendations?

 

[fbrdphreak]

As long as you get something with the lowest CL rating you can find (for DDR2 mostly CL4), it doesn't much matter. DDR2 SODIMM's aren't really found in a "high performance" variety yet

 

[PhlashFoto]

I recommend Crucial. Great quality, stability, service, and lifetime warranty. They have never let me down in years.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Originally posted by: ELopes580
I recommend Crucial. Great quality, stability, service, and lifetime warranty. They have never let me down in years.

I vote for crucial as well, legendary reliability and good prices

 

[RamIt]

Kingston KVR533D2S4/1G is what I am using in my XPS2 at the moment. Dont worry about cas ratings because the dell will revert to the bios defaults not the spd's
Lifetime warranty.

 

[imported_Kensai]

Kingston, Crucial, Corsair, Mushkin, PDP, Patriot and Geil are the only brands of memory I like to use.

 

[Norske]

Well this is what I have come across so far:

Kingston 1GB - $107.79
Mushkin 1GB - $151.00
Crucial 1GB - $139.99

I know Mushkin is always a great bet to go with, and since I'm already spending so much on the laptop I should consider the investment, but I'm curious if I will notice much difference between 2GB of Mushkin compared to 2GB of Kingston/Crucial? $302.00 v 215.58 v 279.98

 

[niggles]

What do people think about Kingmax for my Dell 6000, it's the only DDR400 memory my local store carries.

Edit: I'll just start a new thread on this as no one is answering in here... then again it's off topic..

 

[Norske]

bump

 

[fbrdphreak]

Originally posted by: Norske
Well this is what I have come across so far:

Kingston 1GB - $107.79
Mushkin 1GB - $151.00
Crucial 1GB - $139.99

I know Mushkin is always a great bet to go with, and since I'm already spending so much on the laptop I should consider the investment, but I'm curious if I will notice much difference between 2GB of Mushkin compared to 2GB of Kingston/Crucial? $302.00 v 215.58 v 279.98

You won't notice any difference. As another user pointed out, most of the time a laptop BIOS will default to the standard timings. Laptops are built for stability, not high-end performance. Just get the Kingston for $215, lifetime warranty and good quality :thumbsup:

 

[AmigaMan]

I just picked up an extra gig of Kingmax from Newegg which cost me ~$103 including shipping. Works perfectly next to the stick of Crucial in my Inspiron 9200.

 

[soflawill]

have recently put 2 gigs of kingston in my emachines m6805 - runs flawlessly

 

[xiled]

Does Pentium M (533 FSB) benefit from running dual channel? I'm aiming for 1GB in my i9300, and I'm not sure whether I should go for 1x1GB or 2x512MB.

Also, would I be better off running DDR400 @ CL 2.5 or DDR 2 533 @ CL 4? Thanks in advance.