Shopping For Ram: What to Look For?

I'm looking at NewEgg for ddr2 67mhz ram for my MBP (mid 08) and I see a "cas latency" of either 4 or 5 (mostly 5's).
What should I look for when getting ram? Is there much of a difference between 4 or 5? Any other "features" I should look for?
Thanks

I'm reading that the ram I'm looking at (around $35-$40) is "slow" ram and not worth it. Is this true? Computer use= occasional game of Tiberium Wars, Office, iTunes, occasional video encoding, internet apps such as safari (with LOTS of tabs open), ichat. I run a lot of these "small" apps at once though and my computer has seemed to be slowing down a bit (I'm reinstalling the system tomorrow)...
Anyway, any more insight would be appreciated.

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it would help if you could determine a budget and then shop for models within or slightly above that budget.
basically, some necessary items are switchable aspect ratio, underscan/overscan and then some sort of blue check for proper chroma and phase calibration. some monitors have a gray scale blue check which i think completely blows. it's better to have a monitor with viewable red, blue and green guns as the blue gun is more accurate for calibration than a grayscale blue check feature. also, there are other diagnostic functions that are viewable by using the red or green guns to view color bars.
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it's been mentioned in the last larry jordan newsletter than the crt monitor is going the way of the dinosaur and now sony and panasonic are marketing lcd products only. i think this is a very sad trend. as a freelance video operator/camera shader, i am of the opinion that lcd monitors are horrible; they hurt my eyes and the color rendition isn't as accurate as a crt. leitch is now manufacturing an lcd scope which is just terrible to behold. the black area of the vectorscope is a huge, amorphous blob of white light that shows no signal detail whatsoever.
i don't know what to make of larry's statement as a quick check of the sony business website reveals only bvm crt's in their product lineup, no more pvm series. i haven't looked at the panasonic product catalog yet.
although the sony pvm L5 that shane mentioned is a quality product, to my eyes, i would get an ikegami monitor but you'll find that the superior imaging of the ikegami also has a superior price point.
one last point, don't buy an used monitor from ebay, you don't know where it's been or how it's been treated. give jvc monitors a fair shake as well, not a bad product for the price, no matter what their reputation is.
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Anna:
Yes, rule no. 1, Firewire or FW/USB
2. Largest HDD you can afford (having more space than you need it not a problem; needing more space than you have, is.)
3. 7200 rpms. (Most of them are, but not all)
Here is a list of some of the best buys already sorted for 200-300 GB.
Different folks like different manufacturers. I have had my LaCie for 2 years. No problems. I like it for it's compact size and elegance.
Here are some good hints from Dr. Smoke on Backup and Recovery. Instead of Retropect, which I could never quite figure out, I use Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper.
Post back with further questions or comments.
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cornelius
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Raid Card, what to look for in a card?

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Im looking for help on what to look for in a Raid card. Im new to Raid, but i have read the tweakers pages and it seems like the way forward.
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Then you have to make sure the original owner releases their account at Apple or purchases and upgrades will be impossible.
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512 PC 3200 Mushkin value ram
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Maxtor 20Gig HD 8mb cache 7200 rpm
Maxtor 200Gig HD 8mb cache 7200rpm
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Something that is 2-2-2-6 or 2-2-2-5.
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OCZ PC3200 GOLD 2-2-2-5
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I LOVE this screen. I purchased mine at my local Apple Store. I have no problems with it whatsoever. No burn in "persistence" problems, no light leakage, no ghosting....no weird color casts (pink, etc)..... It's just plain beautiful.
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