Ram

[DeepStrikeck]

Howdy folks. I'm looking into purchasing either A) a new stick of RAM (512 DDR333...mine is SDRAM) or B) 1.5gb of something better than I have already
(I already have a Gb) So my question is what is the difference between SDRAM and SO-DIMM. Also, what do ECC and Unbuffered mean? Do I need that? I've heard that Corsair has the best RAM is this true? BTW my system specs are AMD Athalon XP 3000+ Abit NF7-S, ATI Radeon 9600 Atlantis PRO 256mb Audigy 2 ZS, Western Digital 7200rpm 120Gb SATA HD. a 450W PSU, and 1Gb (512X2) Kingston pc2700 DDR333-SDRAM. Please help out

[Rbstr]

you have fine ram and pleanty of it.

its already ddr333 and dual channeled, another stick will kill the dual channel

[DeepStrikeck]

so no point w/ the 3 slots?

so if I do decide to uprgade, I should just get 2 512 sticks of pc3200??

Also I heard that if I put a stick of DDR2 stick into my slot 3 then it will work duel channel w/ the other two sticks. Is this true?

Also, would it be worth it getting 2 gig sticks that are duel channeled? or are they unstable/not worth the money?

(also could some1 supply me with a link to good memory?)

[Infernus]

Well... fi you have SDRAM in your motherboard can the motherboard use DDR? Or are you planning on buying a new one.

I have SDRAM, and I wanted to get DDR I would need to buy a new motherboard.

[Rbstr]

it's DDR-SDRAM you cant have ddr333-SDRAM without it being DDR

so no point w/ the 3 slots? nope not realy a gig is all you need and a dual channeled gig is beter than single channel 1.5gig

so if I do decide to uprgade, I should just get 2 512 sticks of pc3200?? yes and take out the other stuff and sell it(unless you need it for a diff comp). But make sure your CPU has a 400mhz Front side bus

Also I heard that if I put a stick of DDR2 stick into my slot 3 then it will work duel channel w/ the other two sticks. Is this true? no, DDR2 is totaly different from DDR1, diferent sized pins, differenet voltages and different method of sending data, if you could force DDR2 to fit in a slot you would ruin it and your mobo.

Also, would it be worth it getting 2 gig sticks that are duel channeled? or are they unstable/not worth the money? no, they are not worth the money, they have slow CAS latencies and would probably end up hurting performance.

(also could some1 supply me with a link to good memory?) http://www.buyxg.com/store/item.asp?id=480&catID=93
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80097-17

[DeepStrikeck]

thx Rbstr u are awesome. Thanks for the info!
(yes, my CPU is a 400Mhz FSB, I baught the 400Mhz version just so it would be easier to upgrade in the future.) Thanks man!

Also, which of the two links would you recommend more? the Corsair or the GeIL??

[Rbstr]

their basicaly identical

i guess the corsiar because it's 6 dollars cheaper inc. shipping

[DeepStrikeck]

thx again!

[Electrofreak]

Rbstr needs to get a tech job.