How to know what RAM to buy for Laptop?

[retry404]

So, as the title suggests, what should I be looking out for so I don't make any mistakes.
Here is a paste from RamMon, if its of any help.
http://pastebin.com/daMzmNUa

 

[glitchmaster0001]

your looking for DDR3 in a SODIMM profile NON ECC NOT REGISTERED and if your OCD about brand then the one in your laptop is currently Samsung . The current speed if the RAM in your laptop is 1600 MHz. And you currently have 1 stick of 4GB in the laptop. so if you want 8GB of ram look for another stick of DDR3 1600MHz NON ECC Non registered 4GB Samsung.

 

[retry404]

your looking for DDR3 in a SODIMM profile NON ECC NOT REGISTERED and if your OCD about brand then the one in your laptop is currently Samsung

So if I wanted add an additional RAM, I can go with any DDR3 SODIMM irrespective of the brand?

 

[glitchmaster0001]

your looking for DDR3 in a SODIMM profile NON ECC NOT REGISTERED and if your OCD about brand then the one in your laptop is currently Samsung

So if I wanted add an additional RAM, I can go with any DDR3 SODIMM irrespective of the brand?

yes but if you mix and match RAM then the timings on the other ram might not match and the ram would have to run at the slowest ram's speed and timings. the tip is to find the exact brand and speed of the other RAM but if you dont care then yes you can mix and match. it wont hurt to do so. (I mixed and matched ram when i was just getting into computers) you wont notice the difference of mix and match if your not tech savvy.

 

[retry404]

yes but if you mix and match the timings on the other ram might not match and the ram would have to run at the slowest ram's speed and timings

By timing, you mean in my case 1600?

 

[glitchmaster0001]

yes but if you mix and match the timings on the other ram might not match and the ram would have to run at the slowest ram's speed and timings

By timing, you mean in my case 1600?

no no thats clock speed, timings is like for example 4 - 4 - 4 - 12 thats my ram timmings for my old Patriot DDR2 sticks. in your case timings would be 11-11-11-28

 

[retry404]

yes but if you mix and match the timings on the other ram might not match and the ram would have to run at the slowest ram's speed and timings

By timing, you mean in my case 1600?

no no thats clock speed, timings is like for example 4 - 4 - 4 - 12 thats my ram timmings for my old Patriot DDR2 sticks. in your case timings would be 11-11-11-28

Ahh, good. Thanks for the fast response!

 

[reedo_43]

If you want to be safe, this is exactly what you have.

http://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-M471B5173QH0-YK0-PC3-12800-512MBX64-512MX8/dp/B00T592DGG

http://www.memoryten.com/p/032437.htm