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    Default RAM 555Mhz?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Hawkeye05, Jan 14, 2008.

  1. Hawkeye05

    Hawkeye05 Notebook Consultant

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    I just swapped out my 2Gb Ram for 4 and i was looking at the original RAM and it says on the Label 1GB 2Rx8 PC2-5300S-555-12. Now PLEASE correct me if i'm wrong (but don't make me feel stupid lol) but one could assume that the 555 is the speed correct as in 555Mhz, right now it only recognizes 3GB (i knew this ahead of time) but it is surprisingly faster i was running 2GB with an average of 1.6GB free but this is a very large improvement. Anyone else notice this?

    The RAM i bought (great Deal)
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134578&Tpk=20-134-578
     
    Hawkeye05, Jan 14, 2008
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  2. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    The speed is 667 Mhz. I'd assume 5-5-5 is the latencies.
     
    Lithus, Jan 14, 2008
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  3. Hawkeye05

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    Just an increase in size shouldn't boost performance this much, does it? Its a good 10 -15%.
     
    Hawkeye05, Jan 14, 2008
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    What are you using to judge the percentage increase in performance?

    A big increase in memory can very well make a huge difference, especially if you were going into the swap file previously. Your original post mentions 1.6 GB free, so that doesn't make too much sense...

    The memory is 667 MHz, as Lithus pointed out.
     
    vespoli, Jan 14, 2008
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  5. Hawkeye05

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    When it had 2GB Total RAM There was while browsing etc 1.6GB free, It just feels alot faster, faster boot, faster menu response, i dont have any tool running or anything it just feels faster.
     
    Hawkeye05, Jan 14, 2008
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    PC-5300 means 667MHz. And "free" RAM is wasted RAM. The responsiveness could be that Vista has more space to cache stuff.
     
    PocketAces21, Jan 14, 2008
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