For any of the IT techies here, can i just buy and use a stick of 1GB memory (DDR2 pc4200) as an upgarde or do i have to have 2x512 sticks??



Thanks for any help you can give.

 

what type of RAM is it?

also does your computer have 2 spare slots or one?

read here;
http://www.watek.net/webpricelist.pdf

they are a good place to get PC products from too

 

its a dell sysem 8400 series so id assume kingston??? It has 2 spare slots at the minute as its running 2x256 but as i now have vist athe performance drop has been significant.

 

sorry, i pasted the wrong link

if no-one answers then i'd give Watek a call, they'll sort you out

 

check your motherboard manual, its your friend

 

http://www.crucial.com/uk/?gclid=CK3...FRdhEAod42qA_g

dont know if that any help to you?

 

Chjeck what the computer can handle in book about motherboard first as if you pout in too much memory it will crash!!
Have you got double sided DDR ?
You also need to make sure that what ever you put in is the same speed of memory as tey will go at the slowest speed one otherwise, will have PC marked then a speed eg 270 etc.
tabetha

 

fucking excellent site

 

Great site that

Thing thats answered me questions then

2x512 DDR2 6400 it is

 

Just get one 1GB stick mate, its better than two 512mb sticks.

And crucial.com is what id have linked you to aswell

 

so its okay then to have running the standard 2x256 and ONE stick of 1gb then , which is really what i wanted to know??

 

chances are youll only have 2 slots for the RAM to go in so you wont be able to keep the 2x 256 AND have a 1 gb set aswell

 

theres 4 slots

the original fitted 2x256 and the other 2 unused

 

in which case your laughing

 

so i can now buy 1 stick of 1gb and at a later date buy another 1gb stick obvisouly making sure they are matching, which in theory will give me 2.5gb. Correct.

 

yep

 

Your best buying a pair of 512mbs or a pair of 1gbs mate, then you can run it in dual channel mode, which gives a performance advantage.

If you look at the suggested memory at crucial it will say 1gb kit (2x 512mb) or a 2gb kit (2x1gb) which is matched pair memory suitable for dual channeling. The 2x256mb sticks that are already in there will be a matched pair set to run in dual channel.

Depending on the board, slots 1&2 and 3&4 will be the linked slots for pairing, or on some machines such as HP/Compaqs, it will be 1&3 and 2&4

hope this helps

 

Cheers guys, both of you. Thats cleared up loads for me

 

If youf finances can stretch to it, i'd go for a pair of 1gb sticks suitable for dual channelling. If not, get a pair of 512s, then another pair of 512s at a later date (stick the 2x 256 sticks on ebay). Much better to have matched pairs

 

ive chose a set of 512mb for the time being, and then ill do as you said

Thanks buddy