Ram Compatible?

Nope, are you running dual channel? If dual channel then definitely not unless using one channel, but the voltage difference, I would say no.
 
Neither are ECC, so that's OK. The voltage difference also shouldn't matter because on the lower voltage stick the timings are higher (probably 2.5-4-4-8 or something like that) and so the added voltage shouldn't be necessary.

It should run dual channel as well, if your board supports it, as the only requirement for that on most boards is that the DIMMs be the same size. They automatically run at the same speed/timings.

Why not get the same as you already have though? It's cheaper.
 
Cromewell said:
Neither are ECC, so that's OK. The voltage difference also shouldn't matter because on the lower voltage stick the timings are higher (probably 2.5-4-4-8 or something like that) and so the added voltage shouldn't be necessary.

It should run dual channel as well, if your board supports it, as the only requirement for that on most boards is that the DIMMs be the same size. They automatically run at the same speed/timings.

Why not get the same as you already have though? It's cheaper.
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I was thinking the same thing
 
Thanks for your help, I went ahead and got the regular ValueRam 512MB and installed it. But, I don't know if it is running right.









It seems one of them is running slower than the other, in the frequency table; both are the same RAM.
 
Both are running at PC2100. You have PC2700 so it may be a motherboard or BIOS limitation. If you go into the BIOS see if you can find a setting to change the RAM speed to DDR333 (166MHz)
 
Nate911 said:
Thanks for your help, I went ahead and got the regular ValueRam 512MB and installed it. But, I don't know if it is running right.

It seems one of them is running slower than the other, in the frequency table; both are the same RAM.
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It seems that both are working, and no i didn't see any real difference other than model and #
 
Is there any way to make it run at 166 mhz without going into the BIOS? I went in there and I didn't see it; I have a Dell computer, is that why?
 
Yes, that's why you didn't see anything for setting the RAM speed. If it's not running at 166MHz the board more than likely doesn't support it. There's not a lot you can do, if Dell has any BIOS updates available for your system you can try that but the only thing left after that is to get a new motherboard.
 
I guess that is the case. But, on CPU-Z, it shows one running at 166Mhz and one at 133Mhz. What does that mean? Is one running faster?
 
It doesn't show that, it shows that both are running 133MHz. The table you are looking at that shows 133 and 166 is the SPD table. It shows what timings the RAM will run automatically (unless you override it) at a given speed.
 
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