( For buying and findong out what type of ram you need you need to acomplish this
- ARE you in need of gaming ram
- does youer motherboard have compatitly issues woth soem ram
- how much do you need ,what type
- a genral undersating of ram prices
- knolage of how ot add it to your pc or have a profficnnuial do it
If you dont have any knloage of the intranl working of a pc , dont worry really you dont need to go out pay 40 dollars to ahve a 5 min job done ill tell you later on how to install ram
to find out what kind of ram is inside your copmter go to crucial.com and use there memory scanner it works very very good it will twll you everthing you need to nkwo abot it and now to buy the ram it works like this
to find out what kind of ram is inside your copmter go to crucial.com and use there memory scanner it works very very good it will twll you everthing you need to nkwo abot it and now to buy the ram it works like this
- you have 2 choics go to new egg , crucial or ebay to buy your ram
- know how fast you want your ram
- do u need it dual channel enabled
- are you going to be gaming
now here is a genral pricing of ram on ebay
128mb should be 5.00 to 15.00
256mb 22.00 to 35.00
512mb 20.00 to 40.00
1gb 35.00 to 60.00
2gb 70.00 to 220.00
that cover the pricing if you want headspreding(helps cool the ram) add 5.00 to any amount of ram
now you can also get XMS from corsair that have led displays telling you what procces are running in that module [only needed in gaming really]
128mb should be 5.00 to 15.00
256mb 22.00 to 35.00
512mb 20.00 to 40.00
1gb 35.00 to 60.00
2gb 70.00 to 220.00
that cover the pricing if you want headspreding(helps cool the ram) add 5.00 to any amount of ram
now you can also get XMS from corsair that have led displays telling you what procces are running in that module [only needed in gaming really]
Now to my memory recommdaition
if your using A
if your using A
- Worksation ddr would be best and aboult 512mb to 2gb
- gaming RIG 1gb of ddr 533 dual channel haeatspeding , with a cas latency of 2.5 or better yet 2
- a satandered house computer ddr and aboult 512mb to 1.5gb
NOW ECC
ECC memory is best only in servers {error correcting code}Ie.resterstard parity wutever
is detacka single bit error and fixes em thats great for servers and worksation NOTHING else
is detacka single bit error and fixes em thats great for servers and worksation NOTHING else
For older machines pc100to pc 150
you only need 256mb unless you have some crazey ancient CPU and Gpu in therebut, in real life it real time to upgrade
DDR
DDR and DDr2 [dual data reate and dual data reate 2nd genration]
are usally compatiable such but you cant use ddr withh ddr2 and no ddr in ddr2 slots
but sat you systum supports up to ddr333 than you can use any other sr but if it faster it runs a 33mhz if sloer it runs at that speed
are usally compatiable such but you cant use ddr withh ddr2 and no ddr in ddr2 slots
but sat you systum supports up to ddr333 than you can use any other sr but if it faster it runs a 33mhz if sloer it runs at that speed
Guide created: 05/07/06 (updated 09/21/08)
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