Kingston Technology 1GB 667MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL5 DIMM

Title : Kingston Technology 1GB 667MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL5 DIMM
ASIN : B0009JR82U

List Price : £25.00
Price : £16.37
Saved Price : £8.63

category: Computer Components
brand: Kingston
Item Page Detail URL : link
Rating : 4.6
Review : Excellent. Dell 530 runs faster and smoother.
I've given this five stars because it works in my Dell 530 with no problems and the result is favourable. Please read on for more info on how it has affected my PC's performance.

I specified my Dell 530 with 2x512MB RAM, with the intention of filling the remaining 2 slots later on. Kingston has been a tip-top brand in my experience. I have used their SD cards, USB flash drives and SODIMM laptop memory and all have performed perfectly.

I bought two of these 1GB DIMMs, so as to achieve a matched pair. I fitted them into the same colour vacant slots (2 and 4), which maintains the dual channel functionality (BIOS confirms this).

The PC booted up ok and running Vista's Windows Experience Index tool, the memory rating went from 4.5 to 4.8, whilst Graphics (I have only integrated graphics) went from 3.2 to 3.3. Not a huge increase for the former but I suspect that the ratings are not linear and may be skewed to favour top end hardware (e.g 800MHz RAM compared...