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1183176 2011-03-03 09:03:00 I'm after some more RAM for my new media centre, and as I know sweet FA about it, I'm somewhat confused .

As per the screenshots, the RAM is DDR2 6400/400Mhz . . . . . but when I look on Pricespy, the DDR2 seems to be either 6400/800Mhz or 3200/400Mhz .

What am I after exactly? :waughh:
nofam (9009)
1183177 2011-03-03 09:09:00 As far as I can see you have DDR2-800 RAM currently. CYaBro (73)
1183178 2011-03-03 19:00:00 I just sold some on TM that would have been perfect gary67 (56)
1183179 2011-03-03 20:49:00 DDR stands for Double Data Rate
400 Mhz is the clock frequency 800 is the data transfer rate, 2 bits/clock pulse
Confusion Marketing uses the higher number because it looks better.
jinja_thom (4306)
1183180 2011-03-03 21:06:00 Yep - DDR2 800 or PC2 6400 same thing.

www.ascent.co.nz

www.ascent.co.nz
wratterus (105)
1183181 2011-03-03 21:24:00 Yep - DDR2 800 or PC2 6400 same thing.

www.ascent.co.nz

www.ascent.co.nz

Cheer guys - so what's the difference (other than capacity obviously) between the good stuff like above, and budgo stuff like Kingston ValueRAM?

And in a HTPC/XBMC scenario does RAM quality make a difference?
nofam (9009)
1183182 2011-03-03 21:36:00 Often the cheaper stuff just won't overclock as well, but should usually last just as well. Agent_24 (57)
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