muz
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Ok well at the moment i have my rig and the ram in it mismatch , 256MB ddr266 micron and 256ddr 400 store value ram so as you can guess both mixed speeds and mixed brands has cause performance issues
so anyhow i have some money and the first thing i have decided to do is upgrade the ram .
Bearing in mind that i plan to upgrade by at least febuary next year to a new rig , although depending upon if i get a job or not and other financial situations that obviously may change a little but hopefully by febuary so i am not going to be going to 2 GB as that would be wasting my money right now and thorwing away money aint something i wanna do being so skint right now
Anyway i dont know if to just buy a 1GB module and take out the 266mhz 256 mb module i have in now and have 1.25 GB of mixed ram ,
Or would i get better performance from getting a 1GB kit 2X512 MB's sticks
I mean how much difference would that 256 on top of the 1GB make .
i wanna get it from either of my two usual stores
www.aria.co.uk
www.microdirect.co.uk
And my max price limit will be about £40
Also as a plus i basically use this machine for home use such as internet and email and word processing , the games i want to play i can play know i just want better performance when it comes to loading etc
Here is some options i have been looking at
1X 1GB stick - http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Comp...Layer+V-Data+PC3200+DDR+SDRAM?productId=20138
The cheapest 1Gb stick i can find
Or heres a 2 module KIT i have been looking at - http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Comp...C3200+Value+Select+(2x512MB)+?productId=10177
I am veering towards this a little at the moment cos it is a good brand and i dont think that 256MB on top of a GB will make a huge difference but if someone else could confirm that
Heres another 2 module kit i have been looking at as well - http://www.microdirect.co.uk/(20676)Kingston-1GB-Value-Ram-DDR-400MHz-Memory.aspx
this is slightly cheaper than the other 2 module kit but is the ram any better quality
Also i am going to find out if my motherboard can run dual channel and will edit or post back later
I know the max speed my motherboard runs the ram at is 333 PC2700
EDIT> No my motherboard does not support dual channel memory or at least it dosent say so in the manual . It is a Asus P4s 533-VM if anyone can tell me other wise
so anyhow i have some money and the first thing i have decided to do is upgrade the ram .
Bearing in mind that i plan to upgrade by at least febuary next year to a new rig , although depending upon if i get a job or not and other financial situations that obviously may change a little but hopefully by febuary so i am not going to be going to 2 GB as that would be wasting my money right now and thorwing away money aint something i wanna do being so skint right now
Anyway i dont know if to just buy a 1GB module and take out the 266mhz 256 mb module i have in now and have 1.25 GB of mixed ram ,
Or would i get better performance from getting a 1GB kit 2X512 MB's sticks
I mean how much difference would that 256 on top of the 1GB make .
i wanna get it from either of my two usual stores
www.aria.co.uk
www.microdirect.co.uk
And my max price limit will be about £40
Also as a plus i basically use this machine for home use such as internet and email and word processing , the games i want to play i can play know i just want better performance when it comes to loading etc
Here is some options i have been looking at
1X 1GB stick - http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Comp...Layer+V-Data+PC3200+DDR+SDRAM?productId=20138
The cheapest 1Gb stick i can find
Or heres a 2 module KIT i have been looking at - http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Comp...C3200+Value+Select+(2x512MB)+?productId=10177
I am veering towards this a little at the moment cos it is a good brand and i dont think that 256MB on top of a GB will make a huge difference but if someone else could confirm that
Heres another 2 module kit i have been looking at as well - http://www.microdirect.co.uk/(20676)Kingston-1GB-Value-Ram-DDR-400MHz-Memory.aspx
this is slightly cheaper than the other 2 module kit but is the ram any better quality
Also i am going to find out if my motherboard can run dual channel and will edit or post back later
I know the max speed my motherboard runs the ram at is 333 PC2700
EDIT> No my motherboard does not support dual channel memory or at least it dosent say so in the manual . It is a Asus P4s 533-VM if anyone can tell me other wise