laptop RAM - 2Rx8 or 2Rx16?

spaceboy

Which is better? I think it refers to the density.

aliEnRIK

Most computers dont like high density chips

spaceboy

aliEnRIK wrote: »

Most computers dont like high density chips

Which one is high density? I just won an auction for some 2Rx8 before I noticed.

aliEnRIK

Cant recall exactly without properly looking into it

But id guess the Rx8 is high density

spaceboy

Bummer, might say I bid on the wrong type by accident then.

aliEnRIK

Can you give anymore info on them? Taking a quick look through google they are probably low density - so should be ok

spaceboy

2 sticks of 1GB 2Rx8 PC2-53008-555-12-E3

Samsung M470T2953EZ3-CE6

stilltheone

They are low density.

Interesting point of view from Crucial here:

As technology moves forward, higher density components are made to make higher dense modules. The lower density components are then phased out. Unfortunately, we no longer carry the lower density component modules as they are not being made anymore.

So, don't automatically choose Crucial, as not all Motherboards will accept High Density modules or mismatched model, say one High and one Low.

spaceboy

Cool, so the ones I got are pretty good then? Cost me £12.

prowla

stilltheone wrote: »

They are low density.

Interesting point of view from Crucial here:

So, don't automatically choose Crucial, as not all Motherboards will accept High Density modules or mismatched model, say one High and one Low.

But with Crucial you can choose the memory for the computer, so you would be covered agaist incompatibilities.

spaceboy

prowla wrote: »

But with Crucial you can choose the memory for the computer, so you would be covered agaist incompatibilities.

Or you can get the specs from crucial then buy on ebay for less than half the price and get low density stuff that they no longer sell.