Help me understanding if ram fits my motherboard?

yexusbeliever · 11-17-2004, 04:45 PM

I am new here and new to pc building. My friends really help build much of my pc for me. Now I am on my own, I like to upgrade my pc.

So far, I got myself a Machspeed motherboard. ( Here is the link: http://machspeed.com/x_p4x400.htm ) Now that I have a PC2100 266mhz 512mb ram, I like to get a 1GB PC2100 266mhz ram added.

What troubles me is that whenever I go to a computer shop online, I am confused at the choice to buy.

For example, I go to this computer online website here: http://store.yahoo.com/digi4me/ddrsdramdimm.html

It is giving me a cheaper price to choose for a generic brand name which specifically states that "Does Not Support Intel/AMD Chipset, some SiS Chipset Only." Will the generic brand matter??? Then the brand name ones are a bit more pricey. Adding to that, there is the confusion of what is "ECC" and "not ECC"????

Help...I am lost on this....

samuelhii_mei · 11-17-2004, 08:56 PM

http://www.goldenram.com/support/ecc.asp

i think that ram could be so cheap is because of the '15 days warrenty'(it is really danger in that case better dont choose that)
i adviced you to get the kingston 512 mb ddr!!
you can get a cheaper one at here
http://www.newegg.com/app/SearchProd...ult.asp?DEPA=0

11-17-2004, 04:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
yexusbeliever New Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3	Help me understanding if ram fits my motherboard? I am new here and new to pc building. My friends really help build much of my pc for me. Now I am on my own, I like to upgrade my pc. So far, I got myself a Machspeed motherboard. ( Here is the link: http://machspeed.com/x_p4x400.htm ) Now that I have a PC2100 266mhz 512mb ram, I like to get a 1GB PC2100 266mhz ram added. What troubles me is that whenever I go to a computer shop online, I am confused at the choice to buy. For example, I go to this computer online website here: http://store.yahoo.com/digi4me/ddrsdramdimm.html It is giving me a cheaper price to choose for a generic brand name which specifically states that "Does Not Support Intel/AMD Chipset, some SiS Chipset Only." Will the generic brand matter??? Then the brand name ones are a bit more pricey. Adding to that, there is the confusion of what is "ECC" and "not ECC"???? Help...I am lost on this.... Last edited by yexusbeliever; 11-17-2004 at 04:47 PM.

11-17-2004, 08:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
samuelhii_mei Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Age: 19 Posts: 195	http://www.goldenram.com/support/ecc.asp i think that ram could be so cheap is because of the '15 days warrenty'(it is really danger in that case better dont choose that) i adviced you to get the kingston 512 mb ddr!! you can get a cheaper one at here http://www.newegg.com/app/SearchProd...ult.asp?DEPA=0 Last edited by samuelhii_mei; 11-17-2004 at 09:14 PM.

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