600m Upgrades (Newbie!)

[Jeephippy]

Well I just got a 600m hotness for cheap, anyway I want to upgrade the three main things. I would like to know what all of you are using for upgrades and some help....

So I want 1gb (one stick) of memory, an 80 gb hard drive, and a dvdrw

Dell lists memory at DDR PC2100, which others could I use, such as pc2700 or etc? (please list)

Anyone know anything about the NEC ND-6500A? I found it for around 117 on zipzoomfly, is that good and it is compatible right?

Also for the 80gb 5400rpm hard drive should I go with the Samsung Spinpoint M MP0804H? Seems like the wise choice....

Thanks for humoring me...

 

[ShellGuy]

Jeep,
Y don't you wait till Seagate comes out with their 100gb 7200 RPM drive?? Will give you more storage and a much snappier feel.

Will G.

 

[unfalliblekrutch]

as long as you get 200pin so-dimm ddr, you should be fine. Your motherboard should automatically clock your ram down to 2100 no matter what speed ram you insert.

i agree that you should wait to buy the harddrive because seagate's 100gb 7200rpm's are just coming out, which are a very good choice, but if you only want a 80gb 5400rpm, at least the seagate should push prices down a bit, just give it a few months.

as far as the dvd-rw goes, i think anything should be ok, as long as you keep in mind that it might not look very pretty due to color/size differences of the bezel.

 

[Jeephippy]

So for memory a kingston 1GB PC2-3200 400MHZ DDR2 SODIMM will work fine? Found one for 125 shipped

Guess I will wait around for the hard drive. Thanks!

 

[xcrunner51]

NO, the 600M uses regular DDR1 SO-DIMMs, not DDR2

 

[imported_Kensai]

Originally posted by: xcrunner51
NO, the 600M uses regular DDR1 SO-DIMMs, not DDR2

 

[Jeephippy]

doh! thanks

 

[DivideByZer0]

How much will the 100 GB 7200 RPM HDDs cost when they come out?

 

[Cheesetogo]

Dell has them as an option on the xps gen 2, $300 to upgrade to from a 60gb 5400rpm. In comparison, $100 to upgrade to the 60gb 7200rpm. My guess is 350-400.

 

[akashra]

I have two 512MB sticks of DDR333 in my 600m. DDR333 is required if you have one of the newer processors I believe with the 600m, though I could be mistaken. Either way, faster RAM will just run at 266 if that's what your model uses (which is the case for mine, a RevA1 motherboard).

 

[Peter007]

I recommended you stick to PC2100.

I've try mixing a PC2700 & PC2100, thinking that it wouldn't matter since my Celeron is running on only 100fsb.
WRONG. machine crashes like crazy. Lesson, don't fxxk with memory type