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Customer Reviews for Kingston Technology Platinum Series 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Notebook Memory
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Kingston Technology Platinum Series 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Notebook Memory
Model: KPR5300SO/1GR
SKU: 8225681
UPC: 740617158007
Increase your portable processing power with this 1GB memory boost that improves your computer's multitasking ability.
Average Customer Rating:
4.8
out of 5
(35 Reviews) 35
Rating Snapshot 35 reviews
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97% of customers would recommend this product to a friend
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Customer Reviews for Kingston Technology Platinum Series 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Notebook Memory
Review 1 for Kingston Technology Platinum Series 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Notebook Memory
Does what it says it will do
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Lmb812
from Lancaster, PA
on 04/25/2010
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
I was a bit nervous about the installation aspect, but it couldn't have been easier. 2 screws off the bottom of my laptop and it was done. Instantly made everything faster. No problems whatsoever.
What's great about it: Easy installation, speeds up the computer
What's not so great: Nothing
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 2 for Kingston Technology Platinum Series 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Notebook Memory
Good Value
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Jambo1
from San Jose, CA
on 01/22/2010
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
4.0
Only issue was installing memory under laptop keyboard.
Found a good site on-line with pictures to simplify process.
Great improvement in laptop perfromance.
Found a good site on-line with pictures to simplify process.
Great improvement in laptop perfromance.
What's great about it: Value for money
What's not so great: Not so simple to install
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 3 for Kingston Technology Platinum Series 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Notebook Memory
RAM for MacBookPro
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: LouCioccio
from Erie, PA
on 01/06/2010
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
Daughter was in town for the Holidays and discovered she had 1 GIG of RAM and decides as a stocking stuffer to give her an extra Gigabyte of RAM for mac.
What's great about it: Easy
What's not so great: none
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 4 for Kingston Technology Platinum Series 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Notebook Memory
thought this would be hard to do!!!!!!!!!!!
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: socaltony
from Woodland Hills ( Los Angeles )
on 12/27/2009
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
needed to upgrade ram from the stock 512 on my laptop, was putting it off thinking it was harder to do than it turned out. went to store picked out ram, came home had it installed in 2 minutes (no Joke ). Speed of laptop is sick now, great upgrade 2ea 1 gb.
What's great about it: easy installation
What's not so great: nothing yet
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 5 for Kingston Technology Platinum Series 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Notebook Memory
Great!
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: lynx121
from STL
on 11/21/2009
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
4.0
I should have upgraded a long time ago! My laptop is now working so fast after I upgraded to 2GB from just having 1GB of RAM.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 6 for Kingston Technology Platinum Series 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Notebook Memory
So Far, So Excellent
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: DoogFuss0123
from USA
on 09/14/2009
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
After reading the numerous reviews on the 3 different 1gb pc2-5300 DDR2 (PNY for $29.99, Corsair Value Select $31.99, and this one for $34.99), and being a little bit concerned about the one or two unfavorable reviews all around, I decided this one was worth the extra couple of bucks. First time I ever opened up a laptop, so was a bit fearful of of the unknown, but I just had to follow the instructions from gateway's service document from their website. Put them both into my daughter's Gateway MT6451 with Vista (which came factory-equipeed with 2x512MB memory cards). It fired right up the first time, we noticed immediately the favorable speed increase. Lifetime warranty, 24/7 support on the Kingston memory; how can we go wrong? No gaming on her computer so I can't speak to that. Now what to do with these two perfectly good 512MB cards I just took out?
What's great about it: Followed install instructions and instant speed improvement
What's not so great: nothing
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 7 for Kingston Technology Platinum Series 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Notebook Memory
Non-gaming ram
Customer Rating
1.0
Posted by: Unktone
from Kzoo, MI
on 07/14/2009
Value for Price
2.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
1.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
This ram is ok if you're goal is to have your applications load faster.
It is not ok if you're gaming -- read errors, access fails, too slow basically, skips a beat...it sucks.
What's great about it: It's just as easy to install as any other stick of ram.
What's not so great: clocking speeds, and fails under hard work.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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Review 8 for Kingston Technology Platinum Series 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Notebook Memory
Good memory card
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: dgsdki
from Minneapolis, Mn
on 06/21/2009
Value for Price
4.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
4.0
My laptap was very slow for a long time use before I bougt the memory card. After I installed it, the performance increased a lot and it is much more faster.
It even save me to buy a new laptop in a short time!
It even save me to buy a new laptop in a short time!
What's great about it: My laptop performance enhanced.
What's not so great: Easy to use
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 9 for Kingston Technology Platinum Series 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Notebook Memory
good stuff!!
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: jal27
from ny
on 03/04/2009
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
ezy to install... this chip stopped my older gateway pc from freezing up.. great for online radio and video !!! i was very close to gettin a new pc but this chip made my pc run great!!
What's great about it: everything
What's not so great: none
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 10 for Kingston Technology Platinum Series 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Notebook Memory
Worth the money!
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
It is worth the money to spend a little bit on more memory for your computer. It is amazing how much it speeds things up. Easy to install.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 11 for Kingston Technology Platinum Series 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Notebook Memory
The best bang for your buck
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: MrLeto
on 07/28/2008
I just bought two of these very well priced 1 gig memory cards and they completely changed my computer speed for the best. Internet pages load a lot faster and my over all multitasking capabilities are broadened. For such a low price if you want a reliable piece of hardware then this is the right thing for you.
What's great about it: Affordable, very effective, worth every cent
What's not so great: NONE
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 12 for Kingston Technology Platinum Series 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Notebook Memory
Great Purchase
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: SHarris
from Humble TX
on 07/28/2008
I purchased two 1GB for my laptop. Honestly, I was a little intimidated at first to upgrade my computer (never opening my laptop before). It took me less than 5 minutes to take out the old memory and input the new. The hardest part of the job was putting the screws back in. Money very well spent.
What's great about it: great product, great price
What's not so great: none
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 13 for Kingston Technology Platinum Series 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Notebook Memory
Kingston rules
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: METZGERMEISTER
from Des Moines, IA
on 06/29/2008
I used this to upgrade by girl friends laptop i bought her for her birthday from 1 gig of ram to 2 gigs. These were easy to install and work very very well. I would have to say if you are looking for ram nab one of these for sure.
What's great about it: It is good ram
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 14 for Kingston Technology Platinum Series 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Notebook Memory
Great Memory Upgrade
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Isai
from Euless, TX
on 05/01/2008
I bought a Sony VAIO with Vista which only had 1 Gig DDR2. I bought 2 of these and they greatly increase the speed and functionality of the laptop. I was planning on getting another computer, but with this memory upgrade, everything is now ok.
What's great about it: Easy to install, good processing speed
What's not so great: None
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 15 for Kingston Technology Platinum Series 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Notebook Memory
nice buy
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: David86
from CA
on 04/28/2008
I got this for my new notebook running with vista home premium. You really need 2 gigs of memory. There was a very noticeable speed jump. I could run multiple programs very efficiently. Very easy to install!
What's great about it: Easy to install
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 16 for Kingston Technology Platinum Series 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Notebook Memory
its great but prices here are steap
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: ndskadsen
from california, ghetto
on 02/23/2008
this is just a great product, and i would deffinately reccomend it to any of my friends, even a technology noob (newbie for those old people) can install this which makes everybodys day. my problem is with best buy, who is charging like what 140 for this memory when you can get it at a discount online place that rhymes with pies electronics for 19.99.
What's great about it: awsome speed, great price if bought at other site, so easy to install
What's not so great: umm, umm, this is hard
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 17 for Kingston Technology Platinum Series 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Notebook Memory
Best Value RAM
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Maddy22
on 02/11/2008
I am glad I bought this when I did. I saved $140 because I bought 2 GB of it. I am sad that was the max for this. Two days later I bought another 2GB for a friend.
What's great about it: Easy Installation
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 18 for Kingston Technology Platinum Series 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Notebook Memory
Great Product
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: IAquilter
on 02/10/2008
Having received a new laptop for Christmas I wanted to increase the memory. I went to Best Buy and spoke with a rep who recommended this product. I purchased 2gbs. and came home and started doing my homework on how to install. My laptop has a good online manual that includes pictures on installing memory. I printed it out and 5 minutes later my upgrade was complete and has been working great since!
What's great about it: Easy to install, no problems.
What's not so great: None
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 19 for Kingston Technology Platinum Series 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Notebook Memory
Great!
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: fprado
from South Brunswick, NJ
on 01/30/2008
I recently purchased a Vaio with 1GB and Vista Premium. It works pretty nice but some tasks are not so easy, especially to render 3D images. So, I took off both 512MB that cames in the notebook and put 2 x 1GB.
Its easy and fast! Highly recommended.
What's great about it: Now I like my Vista!
What's not so great: None
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 20 for Kingston Technology Platinum Series 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Notebook Memory
Great buy
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Merrier
from CA
on 01/10/2008
I purchased this for my son's Presario, which was so slow. He loves his laptop now! It turned a piece of junk into something worth keeping. It took all of 5 min to install. What a great buy!
What's great about it: Easy to install, works great
What's not so great: none
I would recommend this to a friend!
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