Looking into upgrading the RAM in my lappy, but I'm not 100% sure about what I should be buying... I mean, I do know that it takes PC2700 DDR SODIMM's, and after a quick search around ebuyer I found this - which seems quite a good price imo. However, after looking at Crucials website, and following the 'Memory Advisor Tool', it comes up with this as being compatible with my lappy. Now, I can't see any difference between the 2 sticks, other than the part number. Is there a possibility that the stick fom ebuyer wouldn't work? I'm still not too familiar with laptops...I've only had mine around 6 months, and had never owned one previously (if it helps, it's an Acer Aspire 3022Wlmi). Any guidance would be greatly appreciated...
I found that ebuyer who sell crucial ram, sell it cheaper than from crucial themselves! They're exactly the same. Ive replaced my ram with crucial sticks, same as those but 512megs. My guess is that if it's DDR you dont need to buy them in pairs cause your chipset is likely to be the 865M, which isnt dual channel. The 915M which takes DDR2, is, although the performance is so minute the extra mem bandwidth is pointless.
Both parts are the same A Memory Expert(SM) from Crucial Technology is now onboard to give you straight answers to your memory-related questions. When responding please provide your full system specs; hardware and software, OS, BIOS, drivers etc.
Mmm, I've always wondered how companies can actually afford to sell components cheaper than the manufacturer does. Could it be down to the savings they make from buying in bulk? Anywho, thanks very much for the info Like I said, I'm still getting my head around laptop components... Only problem is that I've never ordered from ebuyer before (and therefore can't get the stuff delivered to a separate address...bugger.
My assumption is that a) crucial provides free shipping, although "free" is absorbed by the cost of the ram b) they stock less common parts c) they run a database for a HUGE amount of lappys and systems and need parts for them d) they employ people to help out Ebuyer just sell common ram and they must buy it in bucket-loads. And WOW! We get Crucial tech support!?? How cool is that.
