memory of ram question

dangerousmovingunit · 08-29-2006, 02:57 AM

i currently have a 256 DDR266 2100 mb of ram, but i noticed that is very unstable for todays pc games.So what i decided to do is to go buy a memory stick at bestbuy. but some people are saying that i cant get a 3200 DDR because my current one is a 2100.HBut i went to crucial.com and scanned my computer and it showed the recommended memory sticks for my computer and some of them were 2700s and 3200s, would that mean i can be able to use 3200 512 mb of ram stick? please help (also my cpu is a intel pentium 4 2.0 GhZ)

Impr3ssiv3 · 08-29-2006, 03:08 AM

what is your mobo

dangerousmovingunit · 08-29-2006, 03:11 AM

its intel d845ebg2 intel pentium 4 2.0 GhZ

blacklabelrum · 08-29-2006, 03:38 AM

Pentium 4 cpu’s have a quad 100mhz FSB, which equivalent to a 400mhz bus. Therefore the best option here would be the DRR 3200.

dangerousmovingunit · 08-29-2006, 03:43 AM

so i need to get a 2100 memory?

SirKenin · 08-29-2006, 03:54 AM

3200 will be fine. It will just run at the slower speed, that's all.

blacklabelrum · 08-29-2006, 04:03 AM

maybe this might help

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDR_SDRAM

remember your pentium has a 400mhz FSB.

08-29-2006, 02:57 AM	#1 (permalink)
dangerousmovingunit Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 79	memory of ram question i currently have a 256 DDR266 2100 mb of ram, but i noticed that is very unstable for todays pc games.So what i decided to do is to go buy a memory stick at bestbuy. but some people are saying that i cant get a 3200 DDR because my current one is a 2100.HBut i went to crucial.com and scanned my computer and it showed the recommended memory sticks for my computer and some of them were 2700s and 3200s, would that mean i can be able to use 3200 512 mb of ram stick? please help (also my cpu is a intel pentium 4 2.0 GhZ)

08-29-2006, 03:08 AM	#2 (permalink)
Impr3ssiv3 Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,231	what is your mobo __________________ The Shit: Antec P180B ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe AM2 nForce 570 AMD X2 4200+ AM2 @ 2.42 CORSAIR XMS2 DDR2 800 2X1GB eVGA 256MB 7900GT KO BenQ 19" 2ms LCD Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS 3DMark03~19601

08-29-2006, 03:38 AM	#4 (permalink)
blacklabelrum Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Trinidad Posts: 119	Pentium 4 cpu’s have a quad 100mhz FSB, which equivalent to a 400mhz bus. Therefore the best option here would be the DRR 3200. __________________ KillermilleR Last edited by blacklabelrum; 08-29-2006 at 04:01 AM.

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blacklabelrum Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Trinidad Posts: 119	maybe this might help http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDR_SDRAM remember your pentium has a 400mhz FSB. __________________ KillermilleR

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08-29-2006, 03:11 AM	#3 (permalink)
dangerousmovingunit Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 79	its intel d845ebg2 intel pentium 4 2.0 GhZ

08-29-2006, 03:43 AM	#5 (permalink)
dangerousmovingunit Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 79	so i need to get a 2100 memory?

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SirKenin banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 4,711	3200 will be fine. It will just run at the slower speed, that's all.

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