[ubuntu-uk] Memory upgrade

[Kris Douglas]

2009/1/25 Rob Beard <rob at esdelle.co.uk>:
> On 25/01/2009 17:53, Alan Pope wrote:
>> 2009/1/25 Rob Beard<rob at 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
>
>
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My XPS M1530 runs with a fast 3gb set from aria, works fine... and my
desktop runs on aria ram too :)

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