Buying new RAM?

nightdagger · 01-21-07, 04:28 PM

PC2700 and DDR333 are the same thing. It's just a different way to say the speed. You could install faster RAM (the next step up is DDR400/PC3200) but it would run at the speed of your slowest RAM so the increase in price would be useless. DDR is all 184-pin (not DDR2 - that's 240-pin.) ECC can be taken by any computer but it's expensive. Pairs of ram CAN speed the computer up if it runs in dual-channel but you probably wouldn't notice. You can install any brand of RAM but some perform better than others.

I would reccomend this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820134008

It's Kingston (a fairly reputable brand), a single stick in case you want to upgrade later, has good timings, and is DDR400, which is the newest standard for DDR.

01-21-07, 04:28 PM	#2
nightdagger Officer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 243 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	PC2700 and DDR333 are the same thing. It's just a different way to say the speed. You could install faster RAM (the next step up is DDR400/PC3200) but it would run at the speed of your slowest RAM so the increase in price would be useless. DDR is all 184-pin (not DDR2 - that's 240-pin.) ECC can be taken by any computer but it's expensive. Pairs of ram CAN speed the computer up if it runs in dual-channel but you probably wouldn't notice. You can install any brand of RAM but some perform better than others. I would reccomend this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820134008 It's Kingston (a fairly reputable brand), a single stick in case you want to upgrade later, has good timings, and is DDR400, which is the newest standard for DDR. __________________