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Underage_Thinker
May 2nd, 2006, 08:36 PM
Hi all i just bought myself a 512mb stick of PC2-4200 DDR2 RAM. That bumps me up to 1 Gb of RAM. I will be installit as soon as im done posting this.
Kiros
May 2nd, 2006, 08:49 PM
I sure hope your computer takes DDR2... If your board has DDR installed on it, I really doubt it has compatibility for DDR2, but it could. Anyway, hope you know what you're doing :D
Underage_Thinker
May 2nd, 2006, 09:15 PM
YOU DARE DOUBT ME! jk jk:D
Ya my board took the DDR2, why is DDR2 not a commen type of RAM? Also on the the thing about me knowing how to install it, it was my first time to install RAM, but it realy isn't that hard at all compared to some other things i have had to install on my computer. The only thing is that it says i have 0.99 Gb of RAM when i have 2 sticks of 256 and 1 stick of 512. Owell it 0.01 gb of ram dosen't realy mater i gusse.
Aηdy
May 3rd, 2006, 05:34 AM
when i upgraded to 1gb it said something like 996mb ram because it was shared graphics memory, so i took the graphics card out my dads computer and then it read 1gb :D its amazing the difference it makes!
Underage_Thinker
May 3rd, 2006, 06:37 AM
Ahh, owell i gusse i can live without the extra 0.01 Gb of ram:yes: . Well at least my games are running smother, that is why i bought the ram.
kolte
May 3rd, 2006, 10:13 AM
how much did it cost?
I'm guessing like 50 right?
Glasgow
May 3rd, 2006, 02:47 PM
$50 american sounds about right. I saw this thing for two 512MB Modules, and it was $77 American.
Aηdy
May 3rd, 2006, 05:03 PM
i got my ram out of a skip! there was a crappy old computer in there in i looked at it and it was a half decnt computer just being chucked away! so i took it home got the good bits out of it (video card, sound card, ram) so now my pc is a pretty good spec lol and it didnt cost a thing :D
Underage_Thinker
May 3rd, 2006, 05:56 PM
No, it cost me $92 american. and ya i tried puting in the ram from my old comp. but it wasn't the right type.
Kiros
May 3rd, 2006, 07:55 PM
DDR2 isn't a common type of RAM because it's an Intel-specific hardware - not to mention not every Intel board can accept it. But I'm glad that your RAM works :D
Elscire
May 3rd, 2006, 08:02 PM
i still have 512 DDR PC-3200. i wanted to buy another one but in a couple of months i'll get a new computer which i'll be customizing.
http://www.ibuypower.com/ibp/Images/Case/Big/pc-cm-ammo-533-set-1.jpg
this is the computer i have now and next year i'll get an upgraded one. the best of the best which might cost around $3000 at most.
Underage_Thinker
May 4th, 2006, 06:43 AM
Dam, luckey. My comp only cost me $700 us, I couldn't afford, and stilll can't afford anything better. O well hopefully in a couple years i will have enough money to build one to my liking.