Which second memory to buy?

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bibo · #1 Post by **bibo** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:07 pm

I am planning to add a second 1G memory to my T60. I have five choices:

Kingston KTL-TP667/1G made specially for T60 $121.99

Kingston valueram KVR667D2S5/1G $88.99

CORSAIR ValueSelect Model VS1GSDS667D2 $87.99 50 reviews and 4 eggs

Patriot PSD21G6672S $79.99, 98 reviews and 5 eggs

G.SKILL F2-5300PHU1-1GBSA $79.99, 94 reviews and 5 eggs

Kinston and corsair are more famous but patriot and G.skill have better reviews on newegg.
Can someone help me choose which one to buy? Is it worth to build a dual channel memory for Ati video card?

I also have a problem regarding the keyboard. When I quickly press capslk then w and then capslk, the screen will show up a W and a w. Should I replace the keyboard? Thank you.

Kel Ghu · #2 Post by **Kel Ghu** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 8:41 pm

I bought the corsair 1Gb, I have no problem with it. Now, I dont know if it is the fastest memory out there...

#3 Post by **ZaZ** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 10:01 pm

There is a very slightly larger chance the off brand memory will not work as it is not tested as much before being sent out. I used have used off brand memory with no issues myself.

laundromatt · #4 Post by **laundromatt** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 1:55 am

i have the patriot 1gb stick you listed. it's been working fine for me.

byongsoo · #5 Post by **byongsoo** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 3:14 am

I got the 1GB G.Skill. From what I know, the brand doesn't matter too much unless you wanna tweak stuff? I dont' know what tho haha.

claudeo · #6 Post by **claudeo** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 4:54 pm

I got the Patriot mentioned above from NewEgg. Been running it for 3 days. So far so good. Seems to be running at full rated speed. Also ran through the full memory diagnostic without problem.

BTW, for the memory diagnostics: ThinVantage button on power up, choose Diagnostics option on the left, let it restart, choose the quick memory diagnostic first, select all sockets, then if that passes do the full memory diagnostics for all sockets again. Don't panic if it seems like the diagnostic fails and nothing happens for minutes on end. Nothing quick about the quick memory diagnostic. As for the full diagnostic, better forget about the computer and do something else while that's running. It says 30 minutes but it takes a lot longer.

chan_man · #7 Post by **chan_man** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 8:36 am

bibo wrote: Patriot PSD21G6672S $79.99, 98 reviews and 5 eggs

I just checked Newegg for this memory and the price has gone up to 93.98, I read that memory prices was going up but 14.00 in two weeks !!

Luckly, Outpost still has it for the 79.99 price.

nick-m · #8 Post by **nick-m** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 8:42 am

Wow, the price did go up! The 1GB stick of Patriot ram goes for $94.99 on Newegg. I just bought it a little over a week ago for $81.99. It shipped yesterday and putting it in was very easy.

My other DIMM is a Samsung 1GB; so far the 2x1GB combination runs flawlessly, no crashes and I feel a nice boost in photoshop.

dbyun · #9 Post by **dbyun** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 12:34 pm

i just got Ram from Crucial. that got really good reviews from New Egg

Which second memory to buy?

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