henbenley Posted June 14, 2007 Posted June 14, 2007 Well I got a laptop from a guy on craigslist yesterday and I paid $125 for this: Systemax Brand Intel Celeron 2.7 Ghz 20 GB HardDrive 512 MB RAM DVD/CD-RW Drive Only problem was the lack of a working power cord, but I just ordered one off ebay for $50. Now I'm planning on using this for college so I want to upgrade the hard drive and memory. But I have a couple of questions. Would this system accept DDR2 RAM because I was looking on newegg and its around half the price of DDR RAM? Heres the hard drive that I was looking at getting for it: 120gb Western Digital Hard Drive I'm also going to want to get a wireless card eventually, right now I have one, but its only 802.11b and I have G routers in my house. It works but the faster speed would be nice. Since I've never owned a laptop before I'm getting confused with all of this PCMCIA and Cardbus, so can anyone recommend a good card for me to use, possibly one with an external antenna port? Thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdingeling Posted June 14, 2007 Posted June 14, 2007 I'd get a PCMCIA WLAN card, I have one myself for one of my laptops (good old retro machines ). Harddrive wise, I would just stick with 20 gigs internal, that's more than enough for a bit opf music, a couple of programs and all the college stuff. Then get a 80 or more GB external drive, and use that for your storage. That's how I do it, and it works well. and No, that will (99% sure) not take DDR2 RAM, but a quick CPU-Z check would reveal that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henbenley Posted June 14, 2007 Posted June 14, 2007 I'd get a PCMCIA WLAN card, I have one myself for one of my laptops (good old retro machines ). Harddrive wise, I would just stick with 20 gigs internal, that's more than enough for a bit opf music, a couple of programs and all the college stuff. Then get a 80 or more GB external drive, and use that for your storage. That's how I do it, and it works well. and No, that will (99% sure) not take DDR2 RAM, but a quick CPU-Z check would reveal that. Alright. I know that I am going to be upgrading my hard drive. Right now I have 400gb of stuff on my main system 200gb of that is on an external HD. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdingeling Posted June 14, 2007 Posted June 14, 2007 depends how important that stuff is! I know on my main rig's 300GB RAID-0, I have like 200 gigs free, cause I delete old stuff! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henbenley Posted June 14, 2007 Posted June 14, 2007 Well it is important enough for me to need at least 100gb of it with me and I like to keep around 20gb free in case I need it for something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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