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"RAM memory upgrade"

Hi im new to these forums so sorry if this is in the wrong section.

Anyway I currently have a PC with 256MB of PC133 memory. To make it faster for some applications, particularly a game im thinking of buying called World Of Warcraft, im want to upgrade the RAM.

The stuff ive found is detailed below:

Ebuyer 256MB PC133 168pin Extra Value SDRAM

What id like to know is firstly does anyone know if this is good stuff to buy and secondly I cant decided between buying 2 X 256MB so I have a total of 768MB or just buying one so I have 512MB, is there any benefit to either.

Thanks for your time:)

> Pabs wrote:
> Yep i like to think of myself as a retro gamer with my system

Beautiful. :D

Pabs wrote:
> Yep i like to think of myself as a retro gamer with my system

Ha! Classic!

Pabs wrote:
> A mesh matrix wih AMD1200+,

Oooooh, i got a mesh matrix amd1800+

Which i've upgraded to one 1GB of ram :)

Meh, if only I'd got there earlier...

For future reference - OCuK offer GEIL Value RAM, which, while cheap, has great performance.

I'm currently running 1GB of RAM, 256 of GEIL. Wonderful.

Yep i like to think of myself as a retro gamer with my system - rather than these fancy AMD FX etc and X800 malarkey. Just the good old basics:)

I decided to get my RAM from crucial using that memory selector, seemed a good service:) went for one block of 512MB.

Yes! There is somebody with a system as good as mine!

I play World of Warcraft with similar specs and only 512mb of Ram - it runs a treat.

Oh and eBuyer aren't the friendliest of people to deal with either, best to steer clear!

LOL probly best not to ask:) but here it is:

A mesh matrix wih AMD1200+, currently 256MB P133, 40GB Hard Drive, DVDROM/CDRW. 64 MB GeForce 2 graphics card.

Hmmm, what is the rest of your system like?

Cool thanks. I meant 768 as the total (2 new blocks of 256 megs and my original 256 block).

I just thought that 3 seperate blocks might have a faster access time or something:)

Oh and u wouldnt happen to know what ram I can support would you, ive heard that windows 98 only works well wit no more that 512MB. I have windows XP home edition but i upgraded to that from windows me - whih came with the pc.

Also i have an ASUS A7V133 motherboard.

Thanks:)

Ebuyer own brand RAM is apparently awful.

There's nothing stopping you from buying a 512mb stick and adding it along with your existing 256mb stick to have 768mb, although I'm not quite sure what you meant by that sentence, since 256x2 is 512, not 768...anyway, the performance would be the same with 256 + 512 as it would be with 256 + 256 + 256, as far as I know..