Memory Question

Razgriz · Sep 4, 2004, 02:06 AM

hey yall, got another question concerning memory here. I recently bought a stick of pc2700 512mb of ram. Now, i have a 128mb stick of pc2700 and a stick of pc2100 256mb. Which should i use? Would there be an advantage to using the pc2700 stick over the higher memory pc2100 stick? Thanks.

Vampyromaniac · Sep 4, 2004, 02:22 AM

since you are not overclocking, No, pc2700 will not give any advantage.
pc2700's rated speed is 166MHz, and pc2100's is 133MHz. since your Athlon 2200's front side bus runs at 133MHz, the memory should run at that same speed, which pc2100 can do.
so go ahead and use the 512 + 256 of pc2700/pc2100 to have more RAM.

Razgriz · Sep 4, 2004, 02:26 AM

cool, thanks vamp

Vampyromaniac · Sep 4, 2004, 02:42 AM

no problem

Sep 4, 2004, 02:06 AM	#1
Razgriz Intelligence? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: On the edge of insanity Posts: 1,183 Rep Power: 55	Memory Question hey yall, got another question concerning memory here. I recently bought a stick of pc2700 512mb of ram. Now, i have a 128mb stick of pc2700 and a stick of pc2100 256mb. Which should i use? Would there be an advantage to using the pc2700 stick over the higher memory pc2100 stick? Thanks.

Sep 4, 2004, 02:22 AM	#2
Vampyromaniac confutatis maledictis Join Date: May 2002 Location: somewhere dark Posts: 5,974 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	since you are not overclocking, No, pc2700 will not give any advantage. pc2700's rated speed is 166MHz, and pc2100's is 133MHz. since your Athlon 2200's front side bus runs at 133MHz, the memory should run at that same speed, which pc2100 can do. so go ahead and use the 512 + 256 of pc2700/pc2100 to have more RAM. __________________ *Digitalis 3.3* Athlon 64 3000 // ASUS K8V SE Deluxe // 1024MB PC3200 (2-2-2-10 1T) ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro // 20" Dell 2005FPW (DVI) M-Audio Revo 7.1 + Philips Acoustic Edge // Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 320/16 Western Digital WD3200KS + 120/8 Seagate 7200.7 NEC ND-3550A 16x DVD±RW + Lite-On 52x24x CD-RW Antec Sonata case // 480W Antec TruePower personal bests \|\| Aq'3: 46796 \| 3D'01: 20461 \| 3D'03: 6336 \| 3D'05: 2677 \| PC'04: 4605 \| PC'02: 7691,9092,1250 Last edited by Vampyromaniac; Sep 4, 2004 at 02:43 AM. Reason: rated, not raed

Sep 4, 2004, 02:42 AM	#4
Vampyromaniac confutatis maledictis Join Date: May 2002 Location: somewhere dark Posts: 5,974 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	no problem __________________ *Digitalis 3.3* Athlon 64 3000 // ASUS K8V SE Deluxe // 1024MB PC3200 (2-2-2-10 1T) ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro // 20" Dell 2005FPW (DVI) M-Audio Revo 7.1 + Philips Acoustic Edge // Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 320/16 Western Digital WD3200KS + 120/8 Seagate 7200.7 NEC ND-3550A 16x DVD±RW + Lite-On 52x24x CD-RW Antec Sonata case // 480W Antec TruePower personal bests \|\| Aq'3: 46796 \| 3D'01: 20461 \| 3D'03: 6336 \| 3D'05: 2677 \| PC'04: 4605 \| PC'02: 7691,9092,1250

Sep 4, 2004, 02:26 AM	Thread Starter #3
Razgriz Intelligence? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: On the edge of insanity Posts: 1,183 Rep Power: 55	cool, thanks vamp