Need Help Looking For A New Computer

Joe88 · Post by **Joe88** » Mon May 15, 2006 11:20 pm

It doesnt matter what ram you use as long at its the right type.

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Mon May 15, 2006 11:35 pm

actually it does matter.
Certain motherboards only support certain brands and "speeds" of ram
(I've heard that Asus mobos don't like generic ram)

AFAIK, Intel chips are the only ones that support ddr2 (atm, AMD's socket M2 will require ddr2)
and mobos that can only use ddr might have a limitaion (can use pc2700 but not 3200)

there are also major differences between dram, sdram, drdram (direct rambus), etc.

gangstaj8 · Post by **gangstaj8** » Tue May 16, 2006 12:01 am

BasharOfTheAges wrote:Uh... What?

I happen to be on a Dell right now that was upgraded with very inexpensive RAM I got off of New Egg...

That's why I mentioned it had happened in the past and that I didn't know if it was still an issue. I'm glad to see that, apparently, it isn't an issue any longer.

BasharOfTheAges · Post by **BasharOfTheAges** » Tue May 16, 2006 8:30 am

gangstaj8 wrote:
BasharOfTheAges wrote:Uh... What?

I happen to be on a Dell right now that was upgraded with very inexpensive RAM I got off of New Egg...
That's why I mentioned it had happened in the past and that I didn't know if it was still an issue. I'm glad to see that, apparently, it isn't an issue any longer.

Must have been a while ago, my system is approaching 4 years old and the spicific model was out for a good year before that.

Joe88 · Post by **Joe88** » Wed May 17, 2006 8:34 pm

Kariudo wrote:actually it does matter.
Certain motherboards only support certain brands and "speeds" of ram
(I've heard that Asus mobos don't like generic ram)

AFAIK, Intel chips are the only ones that support ddr2 (atm, AMD's socket M2 will require ddr2)
and mobos that can only use ddr might have a limitaion (can use pc2700 but not 3200)

there are also major differences between dram, sdram, drdram (direct rambus), etc.

thats what I generally ment.
I should have been more specific.

gangstaj8 · Post by **gangstaj8** » Thu May 18, 2006 1:29 am

BasharOfTheAges wrote:
gangstaj8 wrote:
BasharOfTheAges wrote:Uh... What?

I happen to be on a Dell right now that was upgraded with very inexpensive RAM I got off of New Egg...
That's why I mentioned it had happened in the past and that I didn't know if it was still an issue. I'm glad to see that, apparently, it isn't an issue any longer.
Must have been a while ago, my system is approaching 4 years old and the spicific model was out for a good year before that.

Huh, that's weird, cause that's actually about the time frame I experienced my troubles. Probably just caught the tail end of it, or maybe it had something to do with the Celeron cpu. *throws another dart at Mr. Gates*