New Dell 1720 & 800Mhz FSB- Ram only runs at 667 mhz?

[CheeseMoney]

I'm looking at ordering a new Dell 1720 (which have replaced the E1705's). It has a numberpad, which is cool, a built in webcam option, which I'll probably not use but whatever, its cheap. However, with the 800 mhz fsb option and 4 mb cache, shouldn't I be able to include ram that also runs at 800mhz? Am I missing something? Also, kinda disappointed that they shove a 8600 gt in there as I've heard that at high resolutions, they perform worse than the 7900 gs, which is no longer an option, and I'm sure the 8600 DirectX 10 support is gonna be a complete joke anyway.

Here's the specs, I'm sick of waiting to buy a laptop, as my crappy old 1 ghz keeps dying on me while 10 tabling, but should I wait a few weeks for better graphics card or faster ram? Isn't ram supposed to run at the speed of the motherboards fsb? Total comes to $1,362 after coupon, before tax.

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Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB/4MB cache), Genuine Windows® Vista Home Premium Edition Unit Price $1,712.00
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Inspiron 1720 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB/4MB cache)
Operating System Genuine Windows® Vista Home Premium Edition
System Color Midnight Blue
MEMORY FREE! 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz
LCD Panel High Resolution, glossy widescreen 17.0 inch display (1920 x 1200)
Video Card 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 8600M GT
Hard Drive FREE! 160GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
Network Card Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
Optical Drive CD / DVD writer (DVD+/-RW Drive)
Sound Card High Definition Audio 2.0
Wireless Networking Cards Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Mini-Card
Camera Integrated 2.0 Megapixel Webcam
Misc Productivity Software Microsoft Works 8. DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD
Anti-Virus/ Security suite (pre-install) Norton Internet Security™; 2007, 30 day trial
Battery Options 85Whr Lithium Ion Battery (9 cell)
Limited Warranty, Services and Support Options 1Yr Ltd Warranty and Mail-In Service
Dial-Up Internet Access No ISP requested
Power Adapter 90 Watt Spare AC Adapter
Miscellaneous Inspiron 1720
Bluetooth Options Built-in Bluetooth capability (2.0 EDR)
Dell Digital Entertainment No Entertainment software pre-installed
Datasafe Free 3 GB Online Backup for 1Yr
DOMS Camera Mod Premium Deep Navy Blue with Soft Touch LCD back color w/ 2.0M pixel Camera
Processor Branding Intel® Core™2 Duo Label
Labels Windows Vista™ Premium

[Freakin]

I don't think 800MHz laptop memory is very common yet.

[Shoe Lace]

7900gs will outperform the 8600gt in most benchmarks, but the 8600gt isn't a piece of crap. It will run semi-modern games fairly well, and for poker it won't even break a sweat.

Just don't expect very good performance if you run a modern game at your lcd's native resolution.

Also if you're heavy duty into poker, I'd consider a 7200rpm HD if you can afford it. Consider skimping out on things you don't need if price is an issue.

That is a sweet laptop though. I wish I had one. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[CheeseMoney]

Weak thing is, Dell isn't allowing the 7200 rpm hd as an option right now. It DOES, however, allow for 2 hard drives. I'm thinking it should be easy to add a second drive should I need it. I'd like my next drive to be a big 350 gig 7200, when they become available.

[KungFuManchu]

Where did you get the 350 off coupon, I havent seen that one after looking around a fair bit.

[CheeseMoney]

Everyone has it, google 350 inspiron 1720 and it'll come up.
Cheapstingybargains probably has it.