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Forums - PC Discussion - Purchasing a labtop : question ( more will follow )

kirby007 on 21 July 2008

So I'm planning on buying a new labtop, I'm a total pc-noob.

Can someone explain : What is the difference between 3GB memory and 3GB DDR2 memory?



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DogWeed on 21 July 2008

ddr2 is just the type of memory. the latest one is ddr3, however it can be very expensive. for laptops i do not feel that there is a difference.

i am planning on getting a custom laptop, u pay as much as you would pay for someting that has a name brand, except its more powerful.

this is the one i also plan on getting.

http://www.ibuypower.com/ibp/store/configurator.aspx?mid=300

scroll down and pick the parts one by one depending on the price you would like



DogWeed on 21 July 2008

oh and i forgot to mention im planning to get that laptop for gaming. so there are cheaper laptops if you feel u wont need a very powerful one.

go to the tabs where you see AMD PC, INTEL PC, etc

and select notebooks. i prefer intel because im more familiar with it.



kirby007 on 21 July 2008

^ looks interesting, but isn't it USA only?



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Cougarman on 21 July 2008

DDR2 is faster than DDR1 even if they have same GB, get laptop with DDR3 if you can don't get anything less than DDR2.



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DogWeed on 21 July 2008

not sure what region its in, check where they ship their products.



rasone77 on 21 July 2008

Getting name brand gets you longer warranty services. That could be important if you can't afford to replace it should it break.

I got a Dell with a 3 year full warranty. For about the same price, but I ended up with a 2.2 Core Duo, 2 GB RAM, an 8600GTX and 160GB hard drive.  His might be more powerful, but if it breaks down in two years he doesn't get a new one like I would.

Worth it.



JoeJ on 21 July 2008

What are you going to be using the laptop for? If it's not for gaming, I'd say go for one of the UMPCs that are becoming popular. They're a whole lot cheaper, have long battery lives and are really light, all things that you really want in a laptop! :)



BenKenobi88 on 21 July 2008

The price on that custom laptop isn't bad...though I think I've seen some brand-name options with 8600s and 4 GB of RAM for near $1500 as well...how is their warranty?



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