Memory

[Dim]

I was considering buying some new memory (512mb) how can I find out which type I require? Sorry for the recent spurt of questions but i'm not the brightest anyway let alone with PCs

[Mr. Peanuts]

Download AIDA32 and see what speed it is by looking under 'real clock' or something, it would either be 266, 333 or 400 (MHz). I would help you more but I'm tired and have just come back from being out.

[Troll King]

Dim's looking for DIMMs.

Hey, someone had to say it.

[ConcreteSchlyrd]

What if his computer uses RDRAM, huh Troll? Who's funny now?

[2dragons]

Dim, what processor are you running? You want to match the FSB of your processor with the memory speed. (Don't take me word for word, it isn't quite that black and white to figure out, but that's a good start.)

You do not want to bottleneck your system, and to avoid that you want memory that is running AT LEAST as fast as your processor FSB.

[Troll King]

What if his computer uses RDRAM, huh Troll? Who's funny now?

Then he'd better snatch up the right name before some name hoarder does it.

[Fallen Angel]

A good start would be to post the make and model of your motherboard.
From that information we should at least be able to determine the type of memory that you need (SDRAM, DDR-SDRAM or RIMM memory).

[50% Packetloss]

The manufacturer of your computer's website would also have this type of information. Many computers also come with documentation, so look through the computer's manual. The best place to find cheap memory is ebay, or at least that's where I purchased mine.

[Mr. Peanuts]

Yeah, I agreee, eBay is great for this stuff.

[duel pasta]

What if his computer uses RDRAM, huh Troll? Who's funny now?

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL, that's soo funnyyyyy

I have to buy some memory to.


what program do you guys have to look at your computers information
I have sisoft sandra. Very good program, you can almost see everything.

[Mr. Peanuts]

AIDA32 beats anything you can think of.

[ConcreteSchlyrd]

Doesn't beat just quickly opening the side of the case and finding out what motherboard you're using. That's the quickest/most direct route.

[Fallen Angel]

Doesn't beat just quickly opening the side of the case and finding out what motherboard you're using. That's the quickest/most direct route.

Actually knowing what the hell it is you bought in the first place seems faster still...

[Rab]

Memory is backwards compatible. It's also more expensive if you intentionally buy slower sticks. Buy 400 because that's what's most common atm. Depending on how much ram u have now- buy enough to make up 1gb ram - or as much as u want to pay for.