Ram Upgrade 5672?

I am looking to upgrade my ram on my Aspire 5672. I was wondering what ram people recommended and what speed 5300 or 5400? I have looked at these options. Let me know what you think, and if anyone knows the difference between 5300 and 5400 let me know.

Thanks

G.SKILL 1GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 667 (PC2 5400)
CORSAIR ValueSelect 2GB (2 x 1GB) 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300)
G.SKILL 1GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300)

 

It is better to buy RAM from a reputable maker such as Kingston, Corsair, Crucial or OCZ. I am not sure, but I think you'll most likely need PC2-5300 RAM.

 

The "PC" number of a RAM module is worked out by multipying the frequency of the module by 8. So, for the 667 MHz RAM, it is 667 * 8 = 5336. The PC2 5300/5400 is worked out this way. The discrepancy appears, when some manufacturers round down, and some round up. There is no actual difference between the modeules.

Out of the ones you have linked, they are all good modules. The prices are also very simialr, so you can make a decision on that. Theres no real performance difference between the modules.

 

Thanks for all your help, I think I will go with the corsair since it has served me well in the past.

 

I ended up buying the corsair, and it will be here Friday. So if anyone would like me to run some test to see how much of a performance upgrade you get from 2g vs 1g in vista let me know.

 

I'm running 2gb in my 5672 and I couldn't game and run vista without it (not without turning some things off. I'm idling at 500 - 750mb page file on avg (which is rather high imho), leave it to vista to chew up cycles that are not needed. I'll be going back to XP Pro sooner or later, just need to find the time.

If I game on vista it's not uncommon to see 1.3-1.4GB of pagefile usage.


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I don't think that's neccessarily true. I noticed that there are more timing options on the 4300 and 5400's (not that you'll be able to change your memory timings on most notebooks).

The extra options are insignificant though, because your notebook will default to the same timings on both 5300 and 5400. I believe the extra options have to do with tighter CAS/RAS at lower frequencies. And probably better overclockers. Again, not of much importance to most laptop users.