Need Help with Ram upgrade.

[hackerk]

i have sony vaio model: VPCEH28FN. i am having the stock RAM of 4Gb on board. and i want to upgrade my RAM. I need help that should i go with corcier ot crucial balastic. which is preferable and cost effective?

 

[smorizio]

go to crucial site use there memory advisor. let it scan your laptop to see if the vendor used one or two ram sticks. if the vendor used one stick and there on slot open use the standard speed crucial memory kit that shows up. i have found that the standard ram has worked in all the laptops that i upgraded over the years and never had issues with stock ram when mixed.

 

[hackerk]

i already gone through the procedure. i am confused between corcier and crucial? which one should i choose.

 

[blazorthon]

Different brands don't make a big difference, Crucial's adviser just gives you an idea of what should be compatible. Between two similar modules from different companies, chances are both will do the trick, so you get what is cheaper.

However, given that Crucial has a decent system in knowing exactly what memory should be compatible, I often recommend going with Crucial's options if the prices aren't much more expensive.

 

[hackerk]

ya the price of crucial is less then the price of corcier for the same configuration of RAM. but then the point is why it is 2k costly then crucial?

 

[smorizio]

i have found over the years as a tech that one vendor most times ends up being the main oem vendor for parts. crusial for laptop ram....asus for hp mb....with vendor like ram it depends on how much they sell of brand x and who makes the parts. some ram vendors by the ram ic and make there memory chips in house. some vedors use 3 party people to build there ram and they just slap there logo on it.

 

[blazorthon]

Prices are often the way they are relative to other options for no immediately apparent reason. More often than not the prices aren't about how good the product is relative to another product, they're just the prices that the company feels it needs to charge. Sometimes they have a good reason if you read into it a bit more, sometimes not.

For example, say you wanted to buy a 2x2GB memory kit and you have two options that have the same exact performance, but different prices. It might be because one kit uses sixteen 1Gb chips per module whereas the other uses eight 2Gb chips per module. The newer, larger chips might be a bit more expensive than the older chips for a while, but later on the prices switch because those newer chips are now more mature and can be made cheaper whereas the older chips aren't even being made anymore, but are needed for compatibility with some older computers.

Other times, it might be something as simple as the company that made a kit is phasing it out for a newer kit, so the old kit goes on sale to clear inventory while the newer kit gets stocked up to replace the old kit. It can also be that one company just decided it should raise prices because it believes that enough people will still buy their product that they'll get more money coming in.

 

[hackerk]

i want to upgrade my RAM from 4 gb to 8gb
now i have checked the two brands. crucial and corcier.
corcier is costlier 2000 rupees than crucial.
both are having same configuration.
both are memory upgrade kits 2x4gb.
some people in my circle advised me to go with crucial and some advised me to go with corcier.
so i needed help.

 

[blazorthon]

There is much more to the memory than just the capacity, but assuming all else is the same, I usually go with Crucial for OEM computers like Sony. If not Crucial, my next preference is typically Kingston. These two companies are among the best as far as compatibility is concerned and that's the most important part of upgrading, making sure the upgrade even works xD

 

[hackerk]

I have contacted sony tech support previously. and they said that it can be upgraded to maximum 8gb so i had done all the research. my concern is performance. because i want to practice for my CCIE Lab examination which includes 48 routers and 8 sweatches and some other devices. and i want to make sure that my system should run smoothly. because these much simulation requires system performance. but on other hand i dont want to west money. that is the main point here.

 

[blazorthon]

Then what are the specs for each memory kit you are considering? I'm not familiar with what performance would be ideal for your use, but I can tell you what kit is the fastest to ensure that the memory is as little of a bottleneck as possible.

 

[hackerk]

Corsair CMSX8GX3M2A1600C9 Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) Laptop Memory Upgrade Kit (Black)
SPD Latency:9-9-9-24; Tested Latency:9-9-9-24;Tested Speed:1600Mhz
Memory Configuration:SODIMM; Performance Profile:XMP

cost:-6000 INR

Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB Kit (4GBx2) DDR3-1600 SODIMM
DDR3 PC3-12800 • 9-9-9-24 • Unbuffered • NON-ECC • DDR3-1600 • 1.35V •
XMP profile for advanced speeds and timings

cost:-6700 INR

 

[smorizio]

there both the same ram...without getting a set of ram you wont know the ram chips used on each ram kit. as there the same speed and voltage i would go with the cheaper kit save your money for books and or food.