Again, another memory question

Itronix

Itronix

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Ok, which do you guys think is better:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211194

-or two sticks of this-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145593

Edit: Here is my laptop:
Gateway MT3707
Intel Dual Core T2060 (1.6ghz)
1gb. memory
160gb hard drive
ATI Radeon X200M
Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit.

Newegg says that the corsair will work with my pc, but doesn't show the adata when using the memory finding tool. My pc can use the PC2 5300 speed that the adata is. Is the Adata still compatable? Thanks everyone!
 
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If you are not in a rush for performance memory and fast timings the Corsair ValueSelect is high rated memory to consider. Reviews show that the value memory does quite well on stock systems when comparing that to Corsair's own xms series performance memory. Another brand also seeing good value ram surprisingly is Kingston. But of the two there Corsair takes the lead.
 
Itronix said:
Ok, which do you guys think is better:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211194

-or two sticks of this-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145593

Edit: Here is my laptop:
Gateway MT3707
Intel Dual Core T2060 (1.6ghz)
1gb. memory
160gb hard drive
ATI Radeon X200M
Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit.

Newegg says that the corsair will work with my pc, but doesn't show the adata when using the memory finding tool. My pc can use the PC2 5300 speed that the adata is. Is the Adata still compatable? Thanks everyone!
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You do know the A data is DDR2 667 and the Corsair is DDR2 533
 
The 667 Corsair value ram would be a good option to consider. Performance memory like the xms series by Corsair would be the one to see hte lower CAS latency over any value memory. If you are looking for lower timings the type of memory makes the difference in that area. Performance type will prevail over value ram as a rule.
 
Ok, thanks everyone! I was mislead by another website that said that I could take the 5300. I can only use the 4200, so Corsair it is! I contacted gateway yesterday to ask them if they could tell me if I would notice anything if I upgraded to two gigs, to be sure if I should do this. They said that "We can get you two gigs blah, blah, blah"........., but they did say that a Gateway memory upgrade would give me a 50% to 85% performance boost. Of course I didn't plan to buy their memory anyway, as I'm sure the corsair is as good/better than their memory upgrade.

My question now is- do they lie to sell ram or should I really notice a difference in performance like this? I'm just a little jaded and I tend to not always believe what a seller tells me, if I'm not framiliar with them. What do you guys think? I think I read somewhere at one time that if I have two gigs, my graphics card can access the 256mb of hypermemory......
 
When initially going from a matched pair of Corsair xms series DDR400 PC3200 512mb dimms to a pair of 1gb Kingston ValueRam memory also DDR400 Windows as well as games and especially video capturing and other larger apps saw the difference immediately. For most users 2gb of memory installed provides over to some extent the actual amount of memory needed even with the latest games.

The small surplus leaves kind of a buffer zone above the actual demands by programs and other programs seeing Windows and programs running more stable without what is best termed "traffic jams" from filling the active random access memory too fast.
 
Itronix said:
but they did say that a Gateway memory upgrade would give me a 50% to 85% performance boost. Of course I didn't plan to buy their memory anyway, as I'm sure the corsair is as good/better than their memory upgrade.

My question now is- do they lie to sell ram or should I really notice a difference in performance like this? I'm just a little jaded and I tend to not always believe what a seller tells me, if I'm not framiliar with them. What do you guys think? I think I read somewhere at one time that if I have two gigs, my graphics card can access the 256mb of hypermemory......
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Your not going to get 50 to 80% gain, going from 1 to 2gb. Lower timing will get a little increase and going from 1 to 2gbs will see some inprovements when you run out of the 1gb that you had and start using your virtual memory (harddrive) slow! 2gbs will take up that slack.
 
The largest gain is actually seen when going from 1gb upto 2gb more so then the 512mb to 1gb increase with newer games and apps alike placing more demaand for ram. Going from 2gb to 4gb on the other hand won't any big boost there unless running CAD or other types of ram intensive softwares like graphics design and engineering apps.

Collectively more then just seeing faster timings you have to more or less fine tune a system to the greater extent with Windows and the programs installed as well as the hardwares selected. Disabling items from auto loading along with Windows and starting them manually prevents Windows from getting bogged down with startup items.
 
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