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Does RAM have anything to do with the proccessor or MB?

Postby Akashio » Sun May 11, 2003 1:35 am

if I have an Athlon 2100+ and want to put pc3200 RAM in it. The motherboard can support it, but can the processor? Also, my motherboard says it can support pc3200 RAM, but can I put lower numbers like 2700 in if I want?
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Re: Does RAM have anything to do with the proccessor or MB?

Postby dwchang » Sun May 11, 2003 2:57 am

Akashio wrote:if I have an Athlon 2100+ and want to put pc3200 RAM in it. The motherboard can support it, but can the processor? Also, my motherboard says it can support pc3200 RAM, but can I put lower numbers like 2700 in if I want?


In theory, if your MB can handle the ram you're fine HOWEVER, although processor can run it...it may not be that efficient. You see, processors have Front-Side Buses...like an Athlong 2100+ has an FSB of 266 and hence RAM with higher FSB (333 and 400) won't work as efficiently. It'll still work and be better than 266, but not pefectly. Basically the best is to have all of them aligned (the speeds). But in short, it will work if the MB supports.
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Postby Eek-1 » Sun May 11, 2003 11:02 am

you can mix pc3200 with pc2700. Just don't mix DDR-RAM with SDRRAM.
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Postby jbone » Sun May 11, 2003 10:50 pm

ek1 wrote:you can mix pc3200 with pc2700. Just don't mix DDR-RAM with SDRRAM.

SDR SDRAM and DDR SDRAM won't fit into each others' slots, so they can not be mixed.

If you mix PC3200 RAM with PC2700 RAM, then ALL the RAM in the system will run at PC2700 - all RAM in the system will only run as quickly as the slowest RAM in the system.
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Postby kthulhu » Sun May 11, 2003 10:59 pm

I think he meant that one shouldn't have both SDRAM and DDR in a system (since there are mainboards out there that have slots for both).
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Postby Akashio » Mon May 12, 2003 1:08 am

Which brand is better? Corsair, Kingston, or Atlas?
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Postby klinky » Mon May 12, 2003 1:17 am

Akashio wrote:Which brand is better? Corsair, Kingston, or Atlas?



Which ever one is cheaper :P.
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Postby Akashio » Mon May 12, 2003 1:18 am

klinky wrote:
Akashio wrote:Which brand is better? Corsair, Kingston, or Atlas?



Which ever one is cheaper :P.


SO theyre all the same quality?
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Postby klinky » Mon May 12, 2003 1:46 am

Akashio wrote:
klinky wrote:
Akashio wrote:Which brand is better? Corsair, Kingston, or Atlas?



Which ever one is cheaper :P.


SO theyre all the same quality?


Well not really. Some ram is better than others.

Mainly you want a name brand, like the ones you mentioned. But also you want to make sure the CAS/CL is 2.5 or less. This provides better performance. Most name brand ram is already at most 2.5. So you should be ok. Some of the cheap no-name stuff is 3. Higher = worse, lower = better.



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Postby dwchang » Tue May 13, 2003 3:01 pm

Akashio wrote:Which brand is better? Corsair, Kingston, or Atlas?


My experience suggests Corsair. They also have nice policies if you have bad bits.
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Postby the Black Monarch » Fri May 30, 2003 10:41 pm

klinky wrote:Which ever one is cheaper :P.


I second that motion.
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Postby SS5_Majin_Bebi » Mon Jun 02, 2003 2:58 am

dwchang wrote:
Akashio wrote:Which brand is better? Corsair, Kingston, or Atlas?


My experience suggests Corsair. They also have nice policies if you have bad bits.


Plus their RAM looks cool too :P

I have Kingston RAM, only 256mb unfortunatley, so editing is a bit slow, but I would rather have 2x512mb Corsair because..... It would be better.
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Postby post-it » Mon Jun 02, 2003 8:12 am

SS5_Majin_Bebi wrote:
dwchang wrote:
Akashio wrote:Which brand is better? Corsair, Kingston, or Atlas?


My experience suggests Corsair. They also have nice policies if you have bad bits.


Plus their RAM looks cool too :P

I have Kingston RAM, only 256mb unfortunatley, so editing is a bit slow, but I would rather have 2x512mb Corsair because..... It would be better.


I have three 512meg RAM stick's in mine, but I can afford them too!

the draw-back to having a lot of memory is minimal - for the Processor rarely uses more than 256meg for any one program ^^
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Postby klinky » Mon Jun 02, 2003 10:01 am

=o

Incorrect sir. First it's mainly up to the OS to allot memory out to the programs running. Second, what happens when you have 1 program that needs that 256MB, oh but you have 17 IE windows open Photoshop & Premiere. :o Try switching between those.

I have 1280MB of PC133 SDRAM, I noticed a definite improvement over 256MB when working with multimedia projects. I can switch between Premiere & Photoshop with almost zero lag time. This is even when I have multi-megapixels worth of images open in Photoshop with Premiere having a sizable project.

There are definite benefits for having more than 256MB. As long as you can afford it, you might as well max out your motherboard or get as much as you can.


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Postby post-it » Mon Jun 02, 2003 2:02 pm

more memory ^_^ absolutely . . . hey, we finally agree on something ^_^
but not for the same reasons
my prosessor's clock speed is 1466mhz so I match my memory to the clock speed ( 512meg X 3 )

this was how we were told to build computers - back in the Unisys/IBM Card day's of the 1960's ^^
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