Upgrading memory and HDD

FXB

FXB

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My Toshiba Satellite A200 TJ5 Comes with 300GB SATA HDD and 2GB of DDR2 SDRAM memory. My first question is.

Are SATA II and SATA compatible?
Is the a HDD capacity maximum for SATA drives?
Is DDR2 and DDR3 compatible?

Thanks for your help.
 
-Yes, they are compatible with each other.
-SATA drives do not have a "max" per se, but you'll be limited by the largest 2.5" sata drive you can buy.
-DDR2 and DDR3 are not compatible, also, your laptop will use SODIMM's incase you don't already know that.
 
bomberboysk said:
-Yes, they are compatible with each other.
-SATA drives do not have a "max" per se, but you'll be limited by the largest 2.5" sata drive you can buy.
-DDR2 and DDR3 are not compatible, also, your laptop will use SODIMM's incase you don't already know that.
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What is SODIMM?

Is it worth it too upgrade my laptop?

what form factor am I looking for probably 2,5 inches?
 
FXB said:
What is SODIMM?

Is it worth it too upgrade my laptop?

what form factor am I looking for probably 2,5 inches?
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SO-DIMM is basically just a different, smaller type of RAM. 2 gigs is fine for most stuff, but what exactly are you looking to do?
 
I'm looking to do video editing and photo editing. I will be using photoshop cs5 and premiere pro cs5. I want the bigger hard drive so I don't need to fetch everything from my external drives. More RAM will help with rendering but I am not sure if the upgrade is worthwhile or should I just get a new laptop.
 
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