Upgrading the ASUS A8S

arc87 · 30th October 2009, 11:37 PM

G'day guys i have an Asus A8S looking to get abit more out of it upgrading the ram and hard drive to ssd and to windows 7.

With the ram standard it is DDR2 667 MHz SDRAM, 2 x SODIMM socket for expansion up to 4GB SDRAM

which one will suit better

Corsair 4GB(2x2G) KIT PC-5300 (667MHz) DDR2 SODIMM RAM

Corsair 4GB(2x2G) KIT PC-6400 (800MHz) DDR2 SODIMM RAM

Kingston 4G(2x2G) 667MHz DDR2 SODIMM

Kingston 2G 800MHz DDR2 SODIMM x2

im hoping to getting 2 of the last ones as it will work out cheaper thoughts ?

Standard OS was 32bit vista biz gonna swap to win 7 home premium should i stick with 32 bit or make jump to 64 bit.

Also with the 2.5" standard drive is it alright to rip that one out and put a ssd in there ?

Thanks

edit actually just came across this

GSKILL 2gig PC2-5300 DDR2 667Mhz SO-Dimm Model: F2-5300CL5S-2GBSA $45 might get to of those.

30th October 2009, 11:37 PM	#1
arc87 Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Brisbane Posts: 230	Upgrading the ASUS A8S G'day guys i have an Asus A8S looking to get abit more out of it upgrading the ram and hard drive to ssd and to windows 7. With the ram standard it is DDR2 667 MHz SDRAM, 2 x SODIMM socket for expansion up to 4GB SDRAM which one will suit better Corsair 4GB(2x2G) KIT PC-5300 (667MHz) DDR2 SODIMM RAM Corsair 4GB(2x2G) KIT PC-6400 (800MHz) DDR2 SODIMM RAM Kingston 4G(2x2G) 667MHz DDR2 SODIMM Kingston 2G 800MHz DDR2 SODIMM x2 im hoping to getting 2 of the last ones as it will work out cheaper thoughts ? Standard OS was 32bit vista biz gonna swap to win 7 home premium should i stick with 32 bit or make jump to 64 bit. Also with the 2.5" standard drive is it alright to rip that one out and put a ssd in there ? Thanks edit actually just came across this GSKILL 2gig PC2-5300 DDR2 667Mhz SO-Dimm Model: F2-5300CL5S-2GBSA $45 might get to of those. __________________ Phenom II X6 1090T BE \| Corsair H100 \| Asus Sabertooth 990FX \| Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 \| Gigabyte 5870 Arctic Cooling Accelero XTREME \| LG Blu ray writter \| Pioneer Blu ray reader \| Kingston Hyper X 120GB SSD \| x2 Samsung spinpoint 1tb \| WD Black 500 GB \| WD green 1tb \| Corsair HX850 \| Corsair 650D \| ASUS 24" LED \| G5 \| G510 Last edited by arc87; 31st October 2009 at 12:12 AM.