upgrading to 2 gigs

Bob Jeffery

Bob Jeffery

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I have 60 dollars and I am going to buy 2 gigs of ram. I don't know what to buy though. My crappy motherboard only has 2 ddr2 slots so I don't know if I want 1 stick of 2gigs where i can upgrade to 4gigs or just go ahead and get 2 sticks and not worry about upgrading to 4 later. Please help! EDIT-o crap wrong section...can a mod please move this?
 
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Is it a retail machine?

If so, what is model number?

If not a retail machine,,,what is your motherboard model?

thanx
 
Wrong section dude.


btw, you need to look in your motherboard's manual to see how much memory does it actually support.
 
emachines w3644. It has a foxconn winfast motherboard. Emachines site isn't working right so I cant get the exact model number:mad:. It has 2 mem slots removed though, i guess it cuts down costs on emachines side. Already said I posted it in the wrong section...*embarrassed face*
 
Looks like you got this,,

667MHz DDR2 dual-channel memory

Expandable to 2GB max

2 DDR2 slots total

So you want to get a 1GB + 1GB dual channel kit.

pc-4200 or pc-5300 ddr2 will work....now you just gotta pick a brand!!

Corsair, OCZ, Kingston...etc will all have kits to choose from...others too!
 
I've been looking at newegg for months now....does it make a big difference if its ddr2 800 and how much difference does the cas latency and timings make? What do I need to look for in the ram?
 
Bob Jeffery said:
I've been looking at newegg for months now....does it make a big difference if its ddr2 800 and how much difference does the cas latency and timings make? What do I need to look for in the ram?
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Typically DDR2 will clock down so you could use ddr2 800 but, I'm not 100% sure on emachine or machines with 2 dimm slots.

I'd say I'm 85% sure it will be fine and just clock down for you..

For your machine just get a dual channel kit that has the right price for you..your not going to be affected much by slight differences in ram timing in this situation.

:)
 
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