Corsair Memory VS1GSDS533D2 1 GB PC2-4200 533Mhz DDR2 200-pin SODIMM Laptop Memory

by Corsair

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 76.8 x 49.2 x 7.9 inches ; 1 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0009PAZ0Q
• Item model number: VS1GSDS533D2
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 2, 2004

Product Description

Are you looking for a performance upgrade for your Laptop or Notebook? Are you looking to increase speed and need to ensure a stable system?Corsair now offers specialty DDR2 Laptop Memory! These modules are designed to have all the latest memory module technology available: the highest performing ICs giving you a faster laptop while remaining stable and reliable!Ask The RAM GuyCorsair created a 24/7 online customer support site just for you at www.asktheramguy.com. Here, you can find other people like yourself that are In the know and can help answer questions you may have about installation or anything RAM related!More importantly, Corsair stands behind every module with a Lifetime Warranty. We realize any manufacturer can put a product in a box and hope that it will work, however, at Corsair we guarantee it will work for a lifetime!Maximize your DDR2 notebook potential with 2GB of DDR2 Corsair Memory!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars price performance is very good., November 6, 2006

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Murat Ozer Ozaydin "moz" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Corsair Memory VS1GSDS533D2 1 GB PC2-4200 533Mhz DDR2 200-pin SODIMM Laptop Memory (Personal Computers)

I bought two to upgrade my laptops memory from 512 to 2048. From now on, memory is not my bottleneck. Its performance is good, due to amount of memory of the windows xp, swap operations are minimized thus my overall system performance is effected dramatically. At least best buy for me. Good and quality assured upgrade option...

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent product at excellent price, May 16, 2007

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Armando Diaz "Armando Diaz" (Norman, Oklahoma) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Corsair Memory VS1GSDS533D2 1 GB PC2-4200 533Mhz DDR2 200-pin SODIMM Laptop Memory (Personal Computers)

The product works perfectly, and the product arrived earlier than expected. I would definetely buy from these people again.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Good Product, November 14, 2007

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Ahiro Guzman "legolas" (Bogota, Colombia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Corsair Memory VS1GSDS533D2 1 GB PC2-4200 533Mhz DDR2 200-pin SODIMM Laptop Memory (Personal Computers)

This memory upgrade is just what I needed to delay a little bit a new computer purchase. I usually run several programs at the same time, my task bar usually ends up with two levels showing applications.

Before the upgrade my Inspiron 6000 usually crashed when running Adobe Premiere and Photoshop at the same time, and it had 1GB; now it does it without a problem, and I can even play music in iTunes while doing so.

The truth is that the computer is not really that much faster, probably the Centrino 1.73 GHz CPU can't do any better. The real gain is stability, because I can run several programs at the same time without worrying about possible crashes. One thing that did improve was MP3 encoding, it took at least 30% less time to rip a few CDs from my collection, and put them in iTunes, pretty nice.

Now, running Ubuntu Linux, (I have both OSs in my laptop), the story is quite different. I really do not understand how Linux handles memory, but it does it much better than Windows. The OS fires up in seconds, and all apps pop up much faster. I when displaying icons in the accompanying Ubuntu menus, I used to have to wait a second or so to get the the icons displayed, now they pop up instantly. Apps in Linux did truly improve after the RAM upgrade. If it weren't for MS Office, by far the best office suite, I'd move to whatever may be different from Windows.

On the technical side, the memory was instantly recognized by the system's BIOS, it does not heat up any more than what the old samsung memory modules did. The BIOS does not allow to check latencies, but I guess they're just fine since the system works perfectly.

Great value and performance that meet my system's requirements. When I make the move to an Apple iMac, I guess I'll upgrade memory using Corsair, can't understand why they charge $ 850, for the 4GB when well known memory manufacturers, sell it for $ 200 or less. If anybody knows, I'd appreciate the input.