On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 11:20 PM, Kris Douglas <webbox...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/1/25 Rob Beard <r...@esdelle.co.uk>: > > On 25/01/2009 17:53, Alan Pope wrote: > >> 2009/1/25 Rob Beard<r...@esdelle.co.uk>: > >> > >>> On 25/01/2009 15:00, Kris Douglas wrote: > >>> > >>>> Cheap 2GB stick: > >>>> > http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/Laptop/Arianet+2GB+PC2-5300+SO-DIMM?productId=34393 > >>>> > >>>> > >>> I'd recommend the Aria memory. I have two sticks of it in my Acer > >>> Aspire 2920, was well worth the purchase, cost me about £25 ish. Other > >>> than that you can't go wrong with Crucial memory. > >>> > >>> > >> > >> Just to be clear, i wasnt advocating buying from Crucial (although I > >> have in the past, and had no problems other than them not being the > >> cheapest), but just suggest using their memory advisor as it seems to > >> be quite a comprehensive database of computer motherboards and their > >> respective memory requirements. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Al. > >> > >> > > I'd agree about their motherboard advisor. I've yet to find an advisor > > that is as good as Crucials. If I'm after something specific for a > > customer I generally pay the little bit extra and get Crucial memory, > > especially considering they usually do free 2 to 3 day delivery. I just > > went for the Aria memory as it was cheap and for my own laptop. I have > > used other generic Aria memory in a couple of motherboards and it seems > > to work okay although I'm not sure how well it would work in maybe a > > Dell PC or something like that which may be a little bit more fussy. > > > > Rob > > > > > > -- > > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > > > My XPS M1530 runs with a fast 3gb set from aria, works fine... and my > desktop runs on aria ram too :) > > -- > Kris Douglas > Softdel Limited Hosting Services > Web: www.softdel.co.uk > Mail: k...@softdel.co.uk > > Company No. 6135915 > Registered in England and Wales > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > The recommended memory from crucial works cheaper when aria delivery is taken into account for. Aria would work out cheaper if the 1300 could use a single 2GB stick, but it needs the 2*1GB version. Crucial seem to be pretty competitive for laptop ram at the moment, the only place I could find cheaper sticks for my vostro was on ebay from the US.
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