Questions about upgrade

Well, first of all, im new here and i think this is a great forum with a lot of guys ready to help anyone and i like that

I have an M11xR2 stock with 4gb ram and 320gb of HDD and i was thinking on changing the wireless card and the HDD.

for the wireless i was thinking on the intel 6300 or 6200

for the HDD i was thinking on a SSD, the Vortex 2 or the Crucial c300, but really dont know if the m11x supports sata3 (or maybe the seagate momentus xt 500gb)

now... i use my computer to work for the university using the adobe softwares and some programing stuff, i use it for gaming and for DJ


so... i have 2 options that i just think about

1: buy an SSD and the wireless (cos i hate the DW1520) and use an external drive for al my DJ music and stuff

2: buy the seagate drive, the wireless and upgrade the ram to 8gb and no external drive (need sugestions about which ram i could use).

thx!!!!

 

Dont get the c300. First you wont be able to fully use the 300+ read speeds on it, and its a battery killer. The vertex 2 is a much better option.
You dont need 8gb of ram either, 4gb is plenty so id hold off on that.

 

ok, so the m11x isnt sata3, take the c300 out of the list

about the 8gb of ram, i have to make videos and stuff that need a lot of ram, i can survive with 4gb, but with 8gb (on my last desktop) i had some problems making a movie in 1080p with a lot of effects and it only last 20 mins... thats why

 

I would skip OCZ right now. http://forum.notebookreview.com/sol...sds-customers-not-happy-over-lack-change.html

 

good to know that.... i think ill go for the momentus xt and the ram... SSD vs Hard Drives: A Beginner's Guide to SSD Upgrades i can see here that it isnt a big difference.

and the ram its a pc3-8500 or pc3-10600?

about the wireless card, it is a big upgrade?

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?????


so, the ram and the wireless??

 

can i get an answer of what ram supports the m11xr2 please?

 

It doesn't matter what RAM you put, it will be downclocked to 400mhz. So PC3-8500/10600/12800/+ will all work.

 

downclocked to 400mhz!!!!!???? why so low??? that sucks

 

You're effectively getting PC3-6400 memory with the downclock. If you overclock the bus, you can get the I/O clock up to 500mhz, which will be close to PC3-8500 (but not quite, since real PC3-8500 operates at 533mhz).

Bottom line is don't worry about which memory you choose (as long as it's not PC3-6400, but I doubt you can find any to buy anyway).

 

that sucks, why so low???

 

Blame Intel.