Getting RAM

thedoors27 · 04-01-2005, 11:37 AM

Ok so someone told me last night that I had to get the right MHZ ram for my computer and if my motherboard was dual I could get any MHZ ram I wanted too.

My question is I read that my computer has 266MHZ in at the moment, so is the motherboard dual and can it take any ram?

As theres a 333MHZ ram that I am after and its going rather cheap.

(My ram is DDR Ram)

**Praetor** · 04-01-2005, 12:06 PM

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Ok so someone told me last night that I had to get the right MHZ ram for my computer and if my motherboard was dual I could get any MHZ ram I wanted too

1. You can always get any speed of memory you want
2. If you can & want to use Dual channel (requiring motherboard/cpu support), then the same memory speeds are required
3. Regardless, if you put two differing speeds together, they will run at the lower of the two speeds

To answer your question we'll need to know the mothebroard in question

thedoors27 · 04-01-2005, 02:02 PM

Ok heres what I know about my motherboard.

It's a IM845G motherboard, intel pentium 4, two DIMM sockets.

Also the point of "if you can and want to use dual channel then the same memory speeds are required" what exactly is dual channel?

Charlie7940 · 04-01-2005, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by thedoors27

what exactly is dual channel?

http://computerforum.com/showthread.php?t=10801

If you search this forum many threads have been on dual channel memory

thedoors27 · 04-01-2005, 02:42 PM

So if i bought two bits of ram indentical and put them in that would be dual channel?
But surely that would clash with the first law, "You can always get any speed of memory you want"

sho95 · 04-04-2005, 06:13 AM

In order for them to work in dual mode they must be the same size, speeds and (CL). I can"t find any info on your mobo. Look at you manual it should say if it has dual mode option.

**Praetor** · 04-04-2005, 07:15 AM

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So if i bought two bits of ram indentical and put them in that would be dual channel?

Explained Ram 101

austinpowers · 04-04-2005, 08:09 AM

hi
iam with a amd 2400+ and i want 2 increase my ram frm 128 to 512 . which one should i go for . pls reply fast
thx

**Praetor** · 04-04-2005, 08:12 AM

Read up Ram 101
Also, i cant pick between a set of choices when no choices are given.

04-01-2005, 11:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
thedoors27 Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 103	Getting RAM Ok so someone told me last night that I had to get the right MHZ ram for my computer and if my motherboard was dual I could get any MHZ ram I wanted too. My question is I read that my computer has 266MHZ in at the moment, so is the motherboard dual and can it take any ram? As theres a 333MHZ ram that I am after and its going rather cheap. (My ram is DDR Ram)

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04-01-2005, 02:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
thedoors27 Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 103	Ok heres what I know about my motherboard. It's a IM845G motherboard, intel pentium 4, two DIMM sockets. Also the point of "if you can and want to use dual channel then the same memory speeds are required" what exactly is dual channel?

04-01-2005, 02:42 PM	#5 (permalink)
thedoors27 Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 103	So if i bought two bits of ram indentical and put them in that would be dual channel? But surely that would clash with the first law, "You can always get any speed of memory you want"

04-04-2005, 06:13 AM	#6 (permalink)
sho95 Gold Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 400	In order for them to work in dual mode they must be the same size, speeds and (CL). I can"t find any info on your mobo. Look at you manual it should say if it has dual mode option.

04-04-2005, 08:09 AM	#8 (permalink)
austinpowers New Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: ludhiana Posts: 2	hi iam with a amd 2400+ and i want 2 increase my ram frm 128 to 512 . which one should i go for . pls reply fast thx