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Memory Expansion Question.

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  • 16-10-2011 11:39am
    #1
    Equium
    Registered Users Posts: 539 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    My question seems relevant to this forum, so I hope I'm posting in the right place...

    Anyway, I've been looking at buying this laptop recently:

    http://powercity.ie/?action=laptopbacker&pcode=378920

    The retailer claims that the machine has 6gb of RAM, but on the manufacturer's spec webpage, it is stated that the maximum expandable memory capacity is 4gb.

    (http://powercity.ie/?action=laptopbacker&pcode=378920)

    Another retailer selling the same model claims that the laptop has been 'exclusively upgraded to 6gb RAM'. Is this possible given the constraints? If so, does installing more memory than the stipulated maximum mean that the excess 2gb would be redundant?

    Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

    Regards,
    Equium


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    Monotype
    Registered Users Posts: 6,710 ✭✭✭Monotype


    It could be that the laptop originally came with 32-bit windows from Toshiba - the max would then be 4GB.
    Power City then decided to offload the laptops by switching to 64-bit windows, which would support more RAM. Given that RAM is very cheap these days, it would cost them very little to to make a laptop or any computer seem better and make it look like it's a great deal.


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    Equium
    Registered Users Posts: 539 ✭✭✭Equium


    Cheers for the reply.

    In that case, would I be better off concentrating on finding a laptop with a better processor than on paying for a large amount of memory in an otherwise sub-standard machine?

    To an inexperienced observer, such as myself, the deal does seem almost too good.


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    Monotype
    Registered Users Posts: 6,710 ✭✭✭Monotype


    Yeah, that seems to be a good strategy for buying them at the moment.
    That processor is fairly poor - it's a celeron and it's a last generation celeron.
    It's okay if you're on a tight budget, but if you had say, €500, you could do a lot better.

    Here's the price to buy 8GB of laptop RAM at the moment - €42.96.
    http://www.memoryc.com/computermemory/ddr3sodimm/8gbgskillddr3pc310666cl9sqseriesdualchannel.html
    8GB is a huge amount of memory that most normal users wouldn't come near to using.

    Always do a search for the processor number @ http://ark.intel.com/ for Intel processors. You should really aim to get CPUs launched this year as they'll be ones from this generation which will also come with improved graphics. You can quickly compare numbers of cores here too.


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