Dell Latitude e6400 Upgrades

[jbkillable]

Hello!
I have acquired a Dell Latitude e6400 recently, and have been wondering about possible upgrades.
More specifically, RAM. The laptop has three gigabytes of ram, which is fine, but I'm just looking to upgrade this thing as much as I can [I figure, why not. I got the thing for free]
I'm aiming for four to eight gigabytes, but I've found that RAM kits of eight, even used, cost a pretty penny... (In other words, I can probably buy a better laptop with the amount such a kit costs)
Would it be possible to buy two sticks of four gigabytes, or does it have to be from a kit?
And, would eight gigabytes even be worth it? Should I just settle for four?

TL;DR: 8gb kits cost too much, can I buy two separate 4gb sticks for less, and use them together, or does it have to specifically be a kit? Also, would 8gb be worth it, or should I just buy 4gb?

Thank you in advance!

 

[drtweak]

The E6400 is suppose to take only DDR2 RAM which are 4GB sticks max on late DDR2 compatible boards. The E6400 DOES have a max of 8GB or 2 4GB DDR2-800MHZ Sticks.

Make sure you read up on the sticks though. A lot of low end cheap sticks seem to not work with it. Also the cheapest upgrade I can find is like 140 bucks! If you don't plan on doing a whole lot on it or huge multitask stuff you will be fine with 4G or RAM. If you can maybe just go with a single 4GB for now and then get another 4GB later on.

I know my Studio XPS 1640 is the same time era but takes DDR3.

 

[jbkillable]

The E6400 is suppose to take only DDR2 RAM which are 4GB sticks max on late DDR2 compatible boards. The E6400 DOES have a max of 8GB or 2 4GB DDR2-800MHZ Sticks.

Make sure you read up on the sticks though. A lot of low end cheap sticks seem to not work with it. Also the cheapest upgrade I can find is like 140 bucks! If you don't plan on doing a whole lot on it or huge multitask stuff you will be fine with 4G or RAM. If you can maybe just go with a single 4GB for now and then get another 4GB later on.

I know my Studio XPS 1640 is the same time era but takes DDR3.

I've actually been thinking of just going with 2x2 sticks, it seems to be both the cheapest, and most cost-effective. In terms of performance, I would think it's not really all that different than a single four gigabyte stick, which seems to be significantly more expensive.

 

[drtweak]

Yea DDR2 is very expensive these days as they are trying to phase it out and get people to just buy a new PC. The latitude is a good laptop series. it WILL last you a long time if you take care of it. I know people who are still running 10+ Year old Latitudes with XP because they have some programs that require XP.

Also if it has 3GB of ram, it more than likely already has a 2GB + 1GB stick in there. Just use something like CPU-Z and look at the memory timings and find something similar to it. No need to buy two new sticks for a 7 year old laptop.