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    Best Possible RAM for T61

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by BNHabs, Jun 5, 2009.

  1. BNHabs

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    None of those links work..
     
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    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    I doubt it makes much of a difference.
     
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    There's your answer.

    DDR2 RAM, 667MHz, CL4. Beyond that it's all just marketing. Just pick the cheapest set from a reliable manufacturer (Kingston, Crucial, OCZ, G-Skill, Mushkin, Patriot, Samsung).

    Before anyone asks, for the x200, x301, T400, w500, w700:

    DDR3 RAM, 1066MHz, CL7. Same applies, get the cheapest with these specs.
     
    jonlumpkin, Jun 5, 2009
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    For those of you with a real eye on detail....

    I'd go for kingston.....

    -Renee
     
    Renee, Jun 5, 2009
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    Detail of what...
    There are only a handful of ACTUAL ram chip manufactures and all the top brands of module makers do a decent job and have lifetime warranties.

    Not like we're overclocking desktop ram chips here :).
     
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    speaking of having an eye on detail, has anyone tested CL4 modules against CL5 and found a difference in real-world applications?   after all, we're talking about differences measured in billionths of a second (0.000000001s) here, even after compounding the column cycles over billions of write/erase instructions.
     
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    I doubt there is going to be any noticeable difference. It would be more of a difference in benchmarking. The most noticeable difference for ram is just the ability to run more programs without having the system bog down and hit the page file like crazy.
     
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    You won't notice the difference between them.
     
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    agreed with cheapest from reliable brand, but make sure which brand are reliable.

    usually crucial, cosair, kingston are the major ones. i actually think anything else would be chippy...i don't know if samsung even makes retail memory, i know that they make most of the flash chips...but memory?

    find the specs and buy the brand, then find the cheapest one possible.
     
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    i guarantee with 100% certainty no one will notice the difference between CL4 and CL5 modules in real life.   i'm just curious if someone's actually done the benchmarks and can provide some numbers (and isn't embarassed to show the results :p).

    without a doubt.   having 6GB or 8GB of CL5 is markedly better than having 4GB of CL4 any day.

    then again, if all you do with a system is surf the web all day then none of the above matters.   1GB of CL9 would be overkill. ;)
     
    erik, Jun 5, 2009
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