My pc has only 512mb ram so its a bit slow. i have been offered 2gb (2x1gb sticks) cheap. will they work ok with my pc.

My pc is a E machines with a pentium D 2.80 ghz processer. Windows 7 32-bit The current memory is a samsung 512 mb DDR2 pc2-4200. What i ahve been offerend is Corsair DDR2 PC6400 800MHZ. Will it work fine or will it cause issues?

The reason i ask is that before xmas i bought a 1gb DDR2 stick and it caused the computer to crash alot. when i removed it and went back the 512mb stick it worked fine again. Could this have just been a dud memory stick?

 

You need to replace it with the same spec thats come out , DDR2 pc2-4200 , cant just stick anything in there lol

You may need to google your mother board and see what it's max memory is .

 

Thanks for that will do a search.

 

Go to crucial.com and do the online scanner thing, you have to download a small file then it will scan your pc and tell you exactly what you have and what you need

 

Most motherboards will clock down the memory to match the speed of the processor, and if the memory has the SPD timings for PC4200, it should work OK.

Should being the key word, memory and motherboards don't work with each other as you'd expect it can be very hit and miss.