Best place to buy memory online?

[CostaRicaBill]

I'm looking to buy 1gb of memory for my Dell Inspiron 8600 online. What is the best and cheapest place to get it?

Also, I'm clueless, I'm pretty sure my laptop is 2dimm which I think means I can put another gb of memory in there. Is this correct? Thanks!

[CrazyN8]

crucial.com

[Los Feliz Slim]

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crucial.com

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There is a step-by-step guide at Crucial that will get you the right memory.

[CostaRicaBill]

Ok, apparently my system has...

1024 MB of memory installed; and will support up to 2048MB.
Slot 1
512 MB
Non-parity DDR PC2700
Slot 2
512 MB
Non-parity DDR PC2700
You have 0 empty memory slot(s) out of 2 total memory slots.

So, in order to fill my memory to capacity will I have to buy two more of 1000mb? Or how does it work?

[cgwahl]

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Ok, apparently my system has...

1024 MB of memory installed; and will support up to 2048MB.
Slot 1
512 MB
Non-parity DDR PC2700
Slot 2
512 MB
Non-parity DDR PC2700
You have 0 empty memory slot(s) out of 2 total memory slots.

So, in order to fill my memory to capacity will I have to buy two more of 1000mb? Or how does it work?

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Yes, to get the full 2 gigs you will have to replace the RAM you currently have with 2 new 1 gig SODIMM's (~$300 according to Crucial's site).

Personally I'd just leave it as is unless you are heavy into gaming or graphic design. 1 gig of RAM is plenty for most folks.

[TheRegulat0r]

What are you doing that needs more than a gig of memory? There aren't a whole lot of things that benifit much from over a gig of memory.

For your desktop, you would need to get a 2x1gig kit to have the full 2 gigs in there.

www.newegg.com (http://www.newegg.com)

Value ram is decently cheap. Kingston, Crucial, Corsair, OCZ and Mushkin are all reputable, generally rock solid brands.

[CrazyN8]

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What are you doing that needs more than a gig of memory? There aren't a whole lot of things that benifit much from over a gig of memory.

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2nd that!

I have a bud who requires the full 8 gigs capacity available to him on his x86 platform for ripping DVDs and simultaneously encoding the video into xvid AVI format without having the HDD hit at all!!

I think he's got the whole process down to about an hour and a half.

Just thought I'd mention it as an outrageous use of computing equipment that requires onerous amounts of RAM.

[TheBigFlop]

Crucial.com is defintely a great site that gives you great info but it's not the cheapest online. You can get a memory price comparison from

http://dealram.com