Rdram?

jared17 · 09-16-2006, 05:24 PM

Has anyone ever heard of RDRAM? Apparently thats what my computer has, but I can't find it anywhere.

[-0MEGA-] · 09-16-2006, 05:30 PM

Yes, theres such thing as RDRAM, however not many machines used it, and since its fairly old, it's extremely hard to find it in stores or on online stores. Your best bet would be to go on eBay.

Jet · 09-16-2006, 05:31 PM

It's really old ram that has to be used in pairs. I don't know of many places that sell it, though.

ckfordy · 09-16-2006, 05:37 PM

Heres some that newegg sells although it is very expensive.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...ubCategory=147

[-0MEGA-] · 09-16-2006, 05:54 PM

Wow... you could do a minor upgrade for the price of just one 512MB stick

jared17 · 09-16-2006, 06:02 PM

Thanks guys, but after looking at those prices I think I'd rather just buy a new motherboard and get normal ram lol. Although I'm not sure if I'll be able to swap over my cpu, I have a 1.5 gig pentium 4, so I'm not sure what socket it would need.

Jared

ckfordy · 09-16-2006, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by jared17

Thanks guys, but after looking at those prices I think I'd rather just buy a new motherboard and get normal ram lol. Although I'm not sure if I'll be able to swap over my cpu, I have a 1.5 gig pentium 4, so I'm not sure what socket it would need.

Jared

Go to google and type in cpuz and then click on a link and download it and it should tell you what socket your cpu is. Is this a prebuilt computer or a custom computer?

jared17 · 09-16-2006, 06:05 PM

I'm not sure if it was prebuilt or custom, as I bought off of my moms boss, it looks to have been prebuilt, but I can't say 100 percent. I will try that program and let you know what socket it is.

jared17 · 09-16-2006, 06:08 PM

Ok so I downloaded cpuz and it says it is a socket 423 mPGA:S, although I've never heard of one of those

Bobo · 09-16-2006, 06:08 PM

Your processor is almost definitely Socket 478 or 423. Unless you want to majorly bottleneck your system, you won't want to use it in a new 'puter. Give us a budget, and we'll put together a new one for you.

edit: i see you found that out already

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09-16-2006, 05:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
ckfordy banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Madison, Minnesota Age: 19 Posts: 2,743	Heres some that newegg sells although it is very expensive. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...ubCategory=147

09-16-2006, 06:02 PM	#6 (permalink)
jared17 Bronze Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ontario, Canada Age: 21 Posts: 34	Thanks guys, but after looking at those prices I think I'd rather just buy a new motherboard and get normal ram lol. Although I'm not sure if I'll be able to swap over my cpu, I have a 1.5 gig pentium 4, so I'm not sure what socket it would need. Jared

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jared17 Bronze Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ontario, Canada Age: 21 Posts: 34	I'm not sure if it was prebuilt or custom, as I bought off of my moms boss, it looks to have been prebuilt, but I can't say 100 percent. I will try that program and let you know what socket it is.

09-16-2006, 06:08 PM	#9 (permalink)
jared17 Bronze Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ontario, Canada Age: 21 Posts: 34	Ok so I downloaded cpuz and it says it is a socket 423 mPGA:S, although I've never heard of one of those

09-16-2006, 06:08 PM	#10 (permalink)
Bobo banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pittsburgh Age: 18 Posts: 6,623	Your processor is almost definitely Socket 478 or 423. Unless you want to majorly bottleneck your system, you won't want to use it in a new 'puter. Give us a budget, and we'll put together a new one for you. edit: i see you found that out already

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