Crucial 1GB Upgrade for a Dell Inspiron 8500 Series System

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★★★★★
4.6

 

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Pros

  • Easy to install (16)
  • Reliable (15)
  • Increases speed (7)
  • Fast (6)
  • Huge performance impact (1)
  • Large capacity / good size (1)
  • Made computer more stable (1)
  • Moderate speed increase (1)
  • Reliable company (1)
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Cons

  • Completely satisfied (1)
  • Higher price (1)

Best Uses

  • Increased performance (10)
  • Multiple desktop applications (8)
  • Increase pc performance (1)
  • Memory upgrades (1)
  • Multimedia (1)
 
 
 

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1GB, 200-pin SODIMM, DDR PC2700, NON-ECC,

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Last update: Oct 5, 2009

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Crucial 1GB Upgrade for a Dell Inspiron 8500 Series System Review

Slightly Higher Price but known quality

★★★★☆
4.0

    Pros

  • Easy To Install
  • Fast
  • Reliable Company
  • Reliable Performance

    Cons

  • Higher Price

    Best Uses

  • Increase PC performance
 

"Good Memory, Good Company[...], No Problems - I chose to pay higher price to assure the above as I was uncomfortable with ratings and comments on those vendors who offered lower prices. Wish Crucial's Price was closer to lowest but I guess I clearly decided that I preferred the known quality and kn …"  Read Full Review »

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Feb 12 2009
granvillea
Greensboro, GA
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Crucial 1GB Upgrade for a Dell Inspiron 8500 Series System Review

Memory worked as described.

★★★★★
5.0

    Pros

  • Easy To Install
  • Made computer more stable
  • Moderate speed increase
  • Reliable Performance

    Cons

  • None

    Best Uses

  • Increased Performance
  • Multiple desktop applications
 

"I wasn't expecting a substantial speed increase. The additional memory created a moderate speed increase, but more importantly it increased the overall performance and stability of the computer with multiple programs open. I was looking for a way to keep a five-year-old, Win XP laptop useful at a …"  Read Full Review »

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Jun 8 2009
Sam
Pennsylvania
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Crucial 1GB Upgrade for a Dell Inspiron 8500 Series System Review

Great experience!!!!

★★★★★
5.0

    Pros

  • Easy To Install
  • Fast
  • Reliable Performance

    Cons

  • None

    Best Uses

  • Multiple desktop applications
 

"The download of the scanner for the best memory purchase possible is a must for computer illiterates like me, eventhough I use my computer a lot this is mostly for entertainment porpuses and thus the power I need from my laptop is properly attended by the memory upgrades recommended by the program o …"  Read Full Review »

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Jan 30 2009
Kiko
San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Crucial 1GB Upgrade for a Dell Inspiron 8500 Series System Review

Easy Upgrade

★★★★★
5.0

    Pros

  • Easy To Install
  • Increases Speed
  • Reliable Performance

    Cons

  • None

    Best Uses

  • Increased Performance
  • Multiple desktop applications
 

"Very easy upgrade. Both modules were accessible from the back panel. I did not want to do the keyboard removal thing. 20 sec and the 8500 went from 512K to 2G. No problems at all. Memory has been rock solid. "

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Aug 4 2009
Rick
Gulfport, MS
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Crucial 1GB Upgrade for a Dell Inspiron 8500 Series System Review

Memory module

★★★★★
5.0

    Pros

  • Easy To Install

    Cons

  • None so far

    Best Uses

  • Increased Performance
 

"Can't say much about memory; it either works or it doesn't. This module was easy to install and the computer recognized it right away. I didn't notice much increase in performance on my ancient laptop, but I guess the speed is limited by the 5200 RPM hard drive. "

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Mar 16 2009
BillyR
Columbia, SC
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