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Thread: DDR 2 Memory Upgrade Suggestions

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    silent h3ro's Avatar Poster BT Rep: +9BT Rep +9
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    Can anyone recommend me a 2 512MB (1 GB) sticks of DDR 2 memory? One of my 512 MB sticks of Value Ram went out on me and I'm considering better quality memory.

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    DDR 2? Are you sure your motherboard supports that?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Virtualbody1234
    DDR 2? Are you sure your motherboard supports that?

    His specs are in his sigs, also he could still buy DDR2 and use it on a future computer that does support it and just have it running at bottleneck speeds on current computer.

    Also G3yGuy, whats the advantage of using the Media edition of XP, i have it and havnt bothered to install yet and want to know if its worth it.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Virtualbody1234
    DDR 2? Are you sure your motherboard supports that?
    Apparently it does.
    So far there doesn't seem to be any big reason to use DDR2 RAM over regular DDR, but if you want to upgrade anyway, I highly recommend Mushkin Memory Systems.
    They make great ram and have superior customer support.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peerzy
    His specs are in his sigs, also he could still buy DDR2 and use it on a future computer that does support it and just have it running at bottleneck speeds on current computer.

    Also G3yGuy, whats the advantage of using the Media edition of XP, i have it and havnt bothered to install yet and want to know if its worth it.
    Windows Media Center is the same thing as WIndows Pro only more geared towards media. It has a media center thing in it but it usually crashes on me. Its a valid copy too. It a few more themes than Pro too.
    Last edited by silent h3ro; 02-20-2005 at 02:11 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by clocker
    Apparently it does.
    So far there doesn't seem to be any big reason to use DDR2 RAM over regular DDR, but if you want to upgrade anyway, I highly recommend Mushkin Memory Systems.
    They make great ram and have superior customer support.
    Alight thanks I'll get some Mushkin Memory.

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    My board supports it right??

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    How much do you want to spend? And as they said above, if it doesnt support it, it will still work on your boards at PC3200 speeds...im not sure of that, but thats what they said. So whats your price range?

    Edit: Would PC4200 DDR2 be faster then PC4400 DDR? Its still just judged on the PC rating right? The only thing DDR2 is is lower voltage correct?

    And I mean really....if you have an amd xp system..like me..you run your memory at 400Mhz..to go with the bus. So whats the point in having ram that will run at 550Mhz?
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    Does my mobo support it?

    @bigdog - Is that how fast my FSB is?

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    I dont see where it says it supports DDR2. But, like they said, DDR2 would still work fine in your board.

    Man...to tell you the truth I would just go with DDR..how much can you spend?
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