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    Notebook RAM and HD size. Voting time :)

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Jason, Mar 19, 2006.

  1. Jason

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    So, how much RAM and GB's do you have in your lappy? :cool:
     
    Jason, Mar 19, 2006
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    I have an 80GB 5400 RPM hard drive with 2 GB of ram. Yeah I know I am spoiled. lol
    Tim
     
    Tim, Mar 19, 2006
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    1024mb Ram, 60gb 4200rpm Hd.
     
    nathanhuth, Mar 19, 2006
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    I have a 80GB hard drive and 768MB of RAM.
     
    thePCxp, Mar 19, 2006
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    1GB RAM
    And a total of 480GB storage hooked up to my laptop :D
     
    qwester, Mar 19, 2006
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  6. Jason

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    lol external HD's. Let me guess you have 80GB's built in and a 400GB external HD?
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    I have 1GB of RAM, and a 60GB HD.
     
    Jason, Mar 19, 2006
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    nope 60 built in 7K60 (that's as large as they used to get a year ago :()
    and 60 (2.5") + 40 (3.5") + 320 (3.5")

    that 40GB 3.5" is the first 7200RPM to be released it was the bomb in 2000 (I think) ... switching it on makes my desk vibrate and sounds like a fighter jet rolling down the run way :p It still has all my stuff on it from that time.
     
    qwester, Mar 19, 2006
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  8. dr_st

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    Pretty much like most. 80GB hard drive, 1GB of RAM.
     
    dr_st, Mar 19, 2006
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    Yup, same here, 80gb hd and 1gb ram.

    I'm thinking about getting a new harddrive and using my current one as an external, but holy **** are 2.5" harddrives expensive.

    In Canadian dollars I saw a Seagate 100gb at 180bucks or something like that.

    WOW :eek:

    Kinda nuts if you ask me, but the smaller you go the more expensive stuff gets, I know, I know. Dang it~!

    Cheers,
    Mike
     
    Shampoo, Mar 19, 2006
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    I currently have a 60GB 5400rpm HDD with 1280MB PC2700 of RAM. Then I also have a 40GB 4200rpm in an 2.5" enclosure.
     
    zasboy, Mar 19, 2006
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  11. Aero

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    100GB 5400RPM and 1GB DDR2 RAM, on the SZ im getting :).

    40GB 4200RPM and 512MB RAM, on my HP ZV5000.

    + 80GB External USB Drive and 30GB iPod which acts as a hard drive and as a MP3 player.
     
    Aero, Mar 19, 2006
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    80GB HDD and 768MB RAM on my desktop; 100GB HDD and 1GB on my (future) laptop.
     
    TheRunaway, Mar 19, 2006
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    Nah, I had two 15GB Maxtor 7200rpm's in a Raid 0 array when they first came out.

     
    the_hurricane, Mar 19, 2006
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    60GB/2GB + 80GB on external 2,5"
     
    ikovac, Mar 19, 2006
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    Well I bought mine back in 2002 and for this model at that time a 40gig 5400rpm hd was a big deal. I have 1 gig of 266mhz pc2100 ram (2.5 latency)

    HD is by hitachi (but originally I had an IBM this is a replacement)
    ram is by micron though originally samsung (I upgraded)
     
    otaku, Mar 19, 2006
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    512MB x 2
    100GB x 2
    ^_^
     
    xx86, Mar 20, 2006
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    yes yes, i have 80GB 5400RPM HDD and 2GB of PC2 4200 RAM, yes yes. I have a total of about 600GB of accesable storage on data servers in my house (God bless junk'd computers)
     
    missingtasks, Mar 20, 2006
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    1280 MB RAM
    60GB 5400 RPM Hitachi HD

    Works for what I need it to.
     
    Jenson, Mar 20, 2006
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    RAM:1024 DDRII
    HD: 60GB 5400rpm

    There ya have it.
     
    Metamorphical, Mar 20, 2006
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    skywalker Business Notebook FTW!!

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    Hitachi HTS541060G9AT00 60GB 5400RPM 8mb buffer
    RAM 2x256MB DDR2 Samsung modules PC4200..and soon to be 2x512MB DDR2
    inside Inspiron 6000 :)
     
    skywalker, Mar 20, 2006
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    1 gb ram and 40 gb 5400rpm drive. I also have a 20 gb in an external enclosure.
     
    lku, Mar 21, 2006
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  22. Jason

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    Same here :) I have a Fujitsu HD.
     
    Jason, Mar 21, 2006
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    100Gb 7200rpm & 1Gb ram.
     
    Limpman, Mar 21, 2006
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    80GB 5200RPM, 2GB (2x1GB) PC 4200 Memory.
     
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    RAM: I have 2GB of RAM in my I9300, and 1GB in each my v2000z, Gateway 7422GX, and old HP Pavillion 700P desktop. Interestingly, they go right down the line at DDR2 533, DDR 400, DDR 333, and DDR 266 respectively.

    HD: 100GB 5400RPM in my I9300 + 160GB 7200RPM external, 80GB 5400RPMs in my v2000z and (I told you it was old) desktop, and an 80GB 4200RPM in the 7422GX.
     
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    I've got a 100GB 5400 rpm hd and 2gb of pc-4200 ram :)
     
    drak0n, Mar 21, 2006
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    1GB + 512MB Corsair PC3200
    80GB Hitachi 7200RPM - internal
    60GB Fujitsu 5400RPM - external
     
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    100 Gb 5400 and 2 GB RAM
     
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    80GB Fujitsu 5400rpm HDD and 1280MB PC2700 RAM(1X1024MB)+(1X256MB)
     
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    2GB Mushkin 533 & 100GB 5400rpm HD :)
     
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    80 GB @ 7200rpm and 2 GB RAM :)
     
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    100gb and 1gb

    An interesting poll would be how much storage do you have in all your computers. I wonder how many would hit the 1+ terabyte mark.
     
    Vcdechagn, Mar 23, 2006
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    80GB 5400rpm - 1024MB DDR2 RAM
     
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    120GB Hitachi 4200RPM :eek: (i'll change it to Seagate 5400.3 160GB)
    1024MB 667Mhz DDR2
     
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  35. Jason

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    I find that hard to believe that no one is running 20GB's or less in there laptop and 256MB's or less RAM. From the pole results It looks like an 80GB HD is average, and somewhere around 1.25-1.5GB's of RAM.
     
    Jason, Mar 24, 2006
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    I'll have

    1 gig of ddr2 and 120gb sata hdd.
     
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    2gb Ram, 100gb Hd.
     
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