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    Upgrading my Acer

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by jdiddleymspot, Jul 19, 2011.

  1. jdiddleymspot

    jdiddleymspot Notebook Geek

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    Hi,

    I'm considering upgrading my laptop from 4gb to 8gb. My laptop is capable of running this memory; 64bit system, max memory 8gb etc.

    Acer Aspire 5742G Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit.

    I had my laptop scanned at Crucial.com and here is the information I received...

    laptopmemory.png

    Before I buy, I have some questions...

    1) Is the information provided by Crucial correct?

    2) Do I need to install one SODDR3 4gb PC3-8500 chip and one SODDR3 4gb PC3-10600, or can they both be 10600s?

    3) Is the 10600 faster than the 8500?

    4) I use my laptop for gaming and music editing software. Although, I don't think it will speed up my gaming experience, I've heard that with music editing it's always better to have more memory, and it's as cheap as these days, so why not?
     
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    You can use both memory types, DDR3 10600 is faster than DDR3 8500.
     
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    Whatever you install in it, make sure to get matching SODIMMs, you'll avoid potential problems this way. Those problems are rare, but they do happen sometimes when using RAM with different speeds and/or timings.
     
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    By matching SODIMMs you mean two 8500s or two 10600s? I think my current setup has one 8500 2gb and one 2gb 10600.
     
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    Yeah, i mean two 10600/8500. Preferably same brand and timings. Personally, i haven't had any problems with mismatched sticks, but one guy in the asus gaming forums got a problem going from 6GB to 8GB by using a 2GB corsair SODIMMs that had timings that didn't match even though the clock speeds were the same.

    In any case, i assume you'll be switching to 2x4GB so you might as well buy two identical SODIMMs.
     
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    Yes, it'll be 2x4gb. Is there really a noticeable difference between 8500 and 10600?
     
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    That is...is there a noticeable speed difference between the two.
     
    jdiddleymspot, Jul 20, 2011
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    LaptopUser247 Notebook Consultant

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    Does your laptop come with the Intel Core i5 450M 2.4 GHz?

    If so its memory controller is limited to supporting only PC3-6400 and PC3-8500 speeds. You can install PC3-10600 but it will just cut back to running at PC3-8500 hence 1066MHz effective.

    Since Intel released their i series mobile CPU's, the amount and specification of memory supported depends on the CPU, this in turn because they now have an integrated memory controller onboard.

    Laptop memory specifications as supported by Intel's i5 mobile processor family
     
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    Yes, it has an i5 460M 2.53 or something.

    Okay, so then it's the 8500 chips :) Thank you all for your help!
     
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    Your welcome. Well like I say you can buy the faster SODIMM's but your laptop won't use them. Having said that if you can get them for the same price as the PC3-8500's I would go for it, would mean you can move your DDR3 over to another DDR3 laptop at a later date. Just a thought.
     
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    Does anyone know if these would fit my acer 5742G, Windows 7 64bit, i5 460m?

    KVR1333D3S9/4G

    4GB 1333MHz DDR3 Non-ECC CL9 SODIMM

    Additional Information:

    Detailed
    Specifications: Standard 512M X 64 Non-ECC 1333MHz 204-pin Unbuffered SODIMM (DDR3, 1.5V, CL9, FBGA, Gold)
     
    jdiddleymspot, Jul 26, 2011
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    *bumpadump*
     
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