RAM upgrade- suggested brands?

I have an N5010 and need to bump up to 2GB RAM. What brands are you having success with? I keep seing this Kingmax ram ($198), but I don't know if it will work in my machine. I have only been able to find corsair system select ($270), kingston system select ($360), swissbit ($304), and crucial ($370) sticks verified for my machine. I can't afford a $400 mistake, but I would really love to save $200. Any help out their for me?

Edit:
Silveraxis, I see you bought 2GB RAM. What brand did you buy for your N6010?

 

At those prices I like the Corsair, not familiar with Kingmax at all.

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I'm using Kingmax in my fujitsu. Works just fine. For the money you save, it's absolutely worth it.

 

Thanks Brian and Nesbo. Any other knowlegeable opinions out there? I hope for more than two [ ]

 

Good question, I had P1 upgrade the 2x512 to 2x1G when I bought it, the cost was $350 which seems reasonable and I do need the RAM. You might try giving them a call to see what they recommend.

 

Thanks Silveraxis. I thought you had done it yourself. P1 suggests swissbit.

I think I am actually leaning towards KingstonValueRAM. On paper it pulls the least current. Spec sheets from swissbit show IDD0 = 2000mA, KingstonValueRAM spec sheet shows 4.400W (1/2.5V) = 1760mA.
Kingmax doesn't list IDD0, but does have IDD2P = 80mA and IDD5 = 5520mA. Swissbit shows 50 and 5500mA, respectively. That leads me to guess that the IDD0 = 2025 for Kingmax.

Otherwise, they all seem to have nearly identical numbers (tRAS, tCK, etc.).

I couldn't find data sheets for ANY of the corsair sodimms, nor for the Kingston system select sodimms.

 

i just got a 512 stick of value corsair ram for my S6231 and it works perfect. they have a good lifetime warrenty too

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Thanks for the opinions. I ended up getting KingstonValueRAM for $215 each, since it drew the least current. This machines doesn't need anymore heat! The only bummer is that I sat on this long enough for zipzoomfly to run out, so I ended up buying from outpost.com which must have a store where I live because I got stuck paying tax [ ] - another $35. I also got stuck paying for shipping, another $10, where as zipzoomfly had free 2-day shipping.

 

RAM actually arrived overnight. I'm surprised and relieved based on the reviews of outpost.com on resellerratings.com. Kingston Value RAM works great and now I can solve finite element models in a few hours that weren't solving in 24 (pagefile on HDD was just too slow)! Woohoo! Let's hear it for NO pagefile! Anybody want 2 x 256MB pc2700 micron sodimm?[ ] Real cheap!