Help needed finding correct RAM for laptop.

Broke_Student

Hi.

I would appreciate any help in finding the best deal for the RAM upgrade required on my laptop. I would like to avoid ebay if possible. Half price would be nice (and consitent with my sig ).

My laptop is a Sony Vaio VGN-C2S series. I have run the Crucial Scan and read manufacturer guides to find I currently have 2x512mb and would like to upgrade to 2x1gb.

Crucial quotes £33(+delivery?). Can this price be beat at another reliable competitor?

Apparently I need "DDRII memory with support for DDR2 PC2-5300,DDR2 PC2-4200 speeds". I am not sure what the 5300/4200 part means and how to distinguish these at another site.


Also crucial gives me the options of

CT673992 DDR2 PC2-5300 • CL=5 • Unbuffered • NON-ECC • DDR2-667 • 1.8V • 128Meg x 64

or

CT673993 DDR2 PC2-4200 • CL=4 • Unbuffered • NON-ECC • DDR2-533 • 1.8V • 128Meg x 64

I do not know the difference

I have looked on Aria.co.uk but there are many options and a range of prices so I am unsure about which to choose. Any pointers?

Many thanks.

fwor

7dayshop does the higher clock rate one for £11.49 each:

http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_11&products_id=102934

fwor

And given the different CAS latency (lower is better) it looks as though there probably isn't much to choose between PC2-5300 and PC2-4200, but you might as well go with the former.

I think 7ds also have a half-price deal on postage, but that might only have been up until xmas...

Broke_Student

Thanks. Can anyone beat the £25 delivered at 7dayshop?

Broke_Student

Bump for anyone who might be able to help.

quacker_2

Has anyone else had trouble getting an order processed with 7dayshop? I cant get into checkout, they mention browser needs to be set to receive 'cookies' what does that mean?