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| Thread ID: 95900 | 2008-12-20 22:03:00 | Getting new RAM for a friend - this OK? | Strommer (42) | Press F1 |
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| 731227 | 2008-12-20 22:03:00 | His pc is running very slow and he asked for my help. I did the usual, checking that it was defragged, CCCleaner, turned off unnecessary start up programs & indexing, etc, but it was still slow and then I remembered to check the obvious: RAM. It only has 256 Mb. He only uses the pc for the internet, business finances, word processing, and photos. WinXP Home, Celeron - probably a 2.2 GHz, 40 Gb hd. Specs: Acer E61ML motherboard, not much info available via google but got this: PC-3200 DDR400MHz. Opening the case my friend found the current RAM is DDR333, 256 Mb (one stick). I advised him to remove the 256 stick of RAM and replace it with a 1 Gb stick of DDR400. This one has a lifetime warranty: c1com.co.nz HYNIX DDR400 1024M PC3200 Should he get the DDR400, or stay with DDR333 ? |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 731228 | 2008-12-20 22:06:00 | Some older motherboards cannot take the 400MHz speed. You have to find out the max RAM speed the motherboard can handle. EDIT: sorry, didn't read properly - so the motherboards takes 400? Then yes, best to go with 400 for performance's sake. Although you probably can't feel the difference a 67MHz makes - it's more for benchmarks only. |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 731229 | 2008-12-20 22:18:00 | EDIT: sorry, didn't read properly - so the motherboards takes 400? Then yes, best to go with 400 for performance's sake. Although you probably can't feel the difference a 67MHz makes - it's more for benchmarks only. When I did a search for specs of a Acer E61ML motherboard, there was not much info but one or two other users had DDR400 installed. BTW, I found the mobo type using BelArc Advisor. My friend had a look when he opened the case (I was not there at the time) but could not find any ID on the mobo. Yeah, its my guess that there would not be much difference between 333 and 400. |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 731230 | 2008-12-20 22:23:00 | Using PriceSpy, I get this category: www.pricespy.co.nz 1GB PC3200 PC3300 DDR400 SDRAM I think I saw "PC3200" on the BelArc Advisor data results. On the PriceSpy page, the next category that has DDR333 does not have PC3200. |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 731231 | 2008-12-20 22:37:00 | Using PriceSpy, I get this category: www.pricespy.co.nz 1GB PC3200 PC3300 DDR400 SDRAM I think I saw "PC3200" on the BelArc Advisor data results. On the PriceSpy page, the next category that has DDR333 does not have PC3200. Here you go. :) www.pricespy.co.nz |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 731232 | 2008-12-20 22:46:00 | Here you go. :) www.pricespy.co.nz Yes, I know. Guess I did not explain my question adequately. What I meant was that I see "1GB PC2700 DDR333 SDRAM" in the PriceSpy listings; that is, DDR333 appears but not PC3200. The pc now has DDR333 and BelArc Advisor gave PC3200. |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 731233 | 2008-12-20 23:01:00 | Yes, I know. Guess I did not explain my question adequately. What I meant was that I see "1GB PC2700 DDR333 SDRAM" in the PriceSpy listings; that is, DDR333 appears but not PC3200. The pc now has DDR333 and BelArc Advisor gave PC3200. I don't quite understand what you mean. :confused: So the PC currently has a DDR333 stick, and the Advisor gave PC3200, which is DDR400, which the motherboard can take. |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 731234 | 2008-12-20 23:15:00 | It'll also depend on the FSB of the CPU . If its not 800 FSB, (if its 533), it'll probably step down to 266 . Even if the mobo supports DDR 400 |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 731235 | 2008-12-20 23:29:00 | 1 gig of ddr400 = PC3200:thumbs: ddr333 = PC2700 ddr266 = PC2100 It is also backwards compatible so it will work on a ddr333 motherboard as well at the motherboard speed of ddr333 and it will also work on a ddr266 motherboard at ddr266 speed only.;) Seeing as your motherboard is sweet to take ddr400,then that's cool and your all good and it will run at ddr400 speed!!!:thumbs: And yeah 1 GIG of ddr400 will be way better then 256MB!!!:D PS. Make sure you take out the 256 ddr333 mb of ram because it will make your 1 gig ddr400 run at ddr333 so that they can work together and so your 1 gig ddr 400 will turn into 1 gig of ddr333. So if you did wont to get more ram later on then get 2 x 1 gig ddr400 =2 gig ddr400 to make your computer better/faster.:thumbs: |
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