Memory upgrade question

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Renard

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I want to upgrade the memory on my Dell Dimension 8400.

I want to utilize all four DIMM slots available. My current memory is 512MB which I want to move them from the one and two slots to the three and four slots.

I was going to purchase a kit 2x 1GB for the one and two slots. This is what I want:
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=85016-16

My CRU is currently at 3.2oGHz, with the addition of the Corsair memory what will be my overall GHz as the max for this unit is 4.096GHz.
 

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That RAM should work fine, it will be downclocked if you mix it with your current memory though.
My CRU is currently at 3.2oGHz, with the addition of the Corsair memory what will be my overall GHz as the max for this unit is 4.096GHz
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This however, I don't understand. I assume you are trying to ask how much RAM you will have after upgrading, you will have 2.5GB (2560MB). The clock speed of your CPU will not change and 4.096GHz is not the max. 4096MB is the max amount or RAM you can have but you are under that.
 
That's also clocked up performance memory which could be a problem for the Dell. I would simply run the pair of 1gb dimms if you go with those. Otherwise you would be mixing Dell's value ram with performance memory being a different type likely causing problems.
 
I think I'm confusing myself in the aspects of memory. I was leary with the mix and match of dells value memory with corsairs performance memory. So I don't think I will run both.

So, if I were to buy two Corsair kits I would have 4 GB (not using the Dell memory.) My clock speed would be??? Can I do that? Basically I want to max this thing out... that is get the maximum performance out of it.

Now the spec sheet shows the Corsairs were tested at 1.9v.




My motherboard currently provides 1.8v will that become a overheat problem? My guess is "NO".

I use this unit for gaming as I think my graphics card might still be plenty fast enough. It was top end when I purchased the unit yesterday. Seems like yesterday! :P

http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce_6800.html

By the way graphics cards are even more confusing!

Thank you for the answers and help you have provided!
 
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The memory your getting is DDR2 667. The board has a max of DDR2 533 so it will just back clock it to DDR2 533. So the memory will be running at 266/533MHZ.
 
Either would be ok, the first set probable has better timming plus heatshields just for 9 bucks more. On a dell though the boards are alittle more buggie about voltage a timming so the bottom link might be alittle more user friendly with the board.
 
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The board will read upto 4 gbs. But if your running XP it will only recognize around alittle over 3gbs.
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So your saying about 3.4GB is all I''ll essentially get out of buying 4gb worth.

Also does anyone buy warranties with their purchases?
 
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Even with a 64bit edition you'll find you won't even need 4gb of memory there. After a certian amount you won't see any particular benefit unless you are working with CAD or some memory intensive programs.

Some in the 8400 series run PC2-5300 memory. The speciffications seen in the product information for the system you have there will show what the memory standard is. Under 8400s in general...

Dell
512 MB Memory Module for Dimension 8400 MCE (Media Center) Desktop
Usually Ships Within 24 Hours
Units Req. 2
Manufacturer Part# SNPX8388C/512
Dell Part# A0743958

Technology: DDR II SDRAM
Memory Speed: 667 MHz ( PC2-5300 )
Data Integrity Check: Non-ECC


http://search.dell.com/results.aspx...ra=False&~srd=False&ipsys=False&advsrch=False

They wouldn't be selling that for 8400 systems that only run 533 memory.
 
Simply 512 or 1gb to 2gb alone is the noticible leap more then going from 2 to 4gb. With the large increase in available ram you'll also notice that things in Windows will seem to run a lot smoother for the most part.

Corsair, Kingston, and others see good reliable value as well as performance memory so you should be all set there.
 
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