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shupola

shupola

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i am just wondering what pc 2100 RAM is and what is the difference with the numbers. does it matter if you get the right number, or does a bigger number mean faster ram or what. im clueless
 
Well you should generally get the number your current ram is because if you currently have PC-3200 Ram and you buy a stick of PC-2100 Ram then all your ram will operate at PC-2100 Ram speed. The higher the number the number by the PC- Generally the better type of ram as long as the sticks of ram you are comparing are of the same kind. You wouldn't want to compare a stick of 512mb PC 2100 Ram with a stick of 512mb DDR2 Ram @ 533MHz because they are in a different class, just the same you wouldn't want to compare DDR2 ram to RDRAM. I hope I made this understandable. Anymore questions just ask and I will try to explain it better, If I can't somebody else here can.
 
i am just wondering what pc 2100 RAM is and what is the difference with the numbers. does it matter if you get the right number, or does a bigger number mean faster ram or what. im clueless
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PC2100 gets its designation from the the fact that it is clocked at 133MHz and for each clock pulse it can send to bytes of data -- or 16 bits. And when you multiply 133x16 you get 2128 ... which they truncated to 2100 :) The conclusion you can draw is the bigger the number the faster the potential throughput
 
lol i just got pc2100 266mhz ram for my mobo but if i wanted to i could get pc3200 400mhz damn so now i need to buy more ram if i want to upgrade i just should of got 400mhz ram but oh well
 
lol I just got pc2100 266mhz ram for my mobo but if I wanted to I could get pc3200 400mhz damn so now I need to buy more ram if I want to upgrade I just should of got 400mhz ram but oh well
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The memory involved in your comment run at 133MHz and 200MHz -- not 266MHz and 400MHz :) (in the context of explaining how PC2100 gets its designation, this technicality is important)
 
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