Ram

[Aaron_T]

ok so i finally opened up my PC and found out the make and model of my motherboard.

i have a Gigabyte K7 TRITON DDR 400+ FS333 model GA-7VAXP. REV: 1.2

i need to know which kind of ram would be compatible with this motherboard as at the moment i only have a 256mb chip and wish to upgrade to about 2gb if possible.

can anyone reccomend some decent RAM which would be compatible, thanks, help would be greatly appreciated.

[Seedler]

Do you want performance ram or just value ram?

OCz and Kingston all make good value rams, and I don't know any high performance rams that'd be compatible with your mobo

[Aaron_T]

whats the difference between performance and value, basically i was just looking to upgrade to about 2gb worth not really bothered about high performance or all that jazz

[Appzalien]

If your running Windows XP your OK with 2gig but if by some slim chance your still on Win98 forget it, 512mb max. From the motherboards I see on their site you have 3 slots for ram so inorder for you to get 2gig you will need 2 - 1gig sticks of DDR400 Ram most likely unbuffered. Pairs of 1gig ddr ram are more expensive and for good ddr performance you will want matched pairs.

[Seedler]

whats the difference between performance and value, basically i was just looking to upgrade to about 2gb worth not really bothered about high performance or all that jazz

Okay, then i guess you dont overclock at all so it's safe to say that you can go with value rams...performance rams are just better at overclocking

2 gigs of ram is nice, but to save some $$$, I'd say get the cheapest 3x512mb of any brandname (or even generic) ram you can get. Right now, if you want really cheap ram that still perform well if you dont overclock, check out this page:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...&ATTR8=&ATTR9=


All this means is that you can get 1.5 gig of ram for only around $100, wheras if you go for 2 gigs, you'd be spending over or close to $200. Just my 2 cents.


EDIT: Definitely go with this, this is probably the cheapest reliable 2x1GB ram you can get:

G.SKILL Value 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) System Memory - Retail $68.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231036

[Virtualbody1234]

What are you using you PC for that would require 2GBs of RAM. Wouldn't 1 GB do the job?

Also note that your mobo runs the RAM at 333MHz.

[Seedler]

What are you using you PC for that would require 2GBs of RAM. Wouldn't 1 GB do the job?

Also note that your mobo runs the RAM at 333MHz.

I think he just wants to future proof his comp a bit

[Virtualbody1234]

What are you using you PC for that would require 2GBs of RAM. Wouldn't 1 GB do the job?

Also note that your mobo runs the RAM at 333MHz.

I think he just wants to future proof his comp a bit

Yeah I know. That's why I mentioned the 333MHz bit.

[lynx]

Check to see if it has the KT400 or the KT400A Northbridge chip. You may be able to find this out using Everest.

If it is the KT400A Northbridge it supports DDR400 memory, which would seem likely from your original description. I doubt that you'll see much difference in performance between DDR333 running sync and DDR400 running async though.

[Virtualbody1234]

lynx, the mobo has the KT400 chip.

Check here:

http://www.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard...c_GA-7VAXP.htm

or

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...ProductID=1409