RAM question [split]

BlindNoir · Post by **BlindNoir** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 11:41 pm

this might be a bit out of topic but would a PNY 256 SDRAM Pc-133 card be good. I have a 256 SD ram now that came with my sony and i want to get another 256 to boost it up to 512 (top expandability) and i want to know what brands are out there that an be easily and cost effectively bought through ebay? Is there anything wrong with PNY?

madmag9999 · Post by **madmag9999** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 12:55 am

meh PNY is ok. check out www.newegg.com insted of ebay. also u should make sure u know what u are doing when buy ram, it doesnt all fit, are u sure your comp has sd not ddr? are u sure it can support pc 133?

BlindNoir · Post by **BlindNoir** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 1:28 am

i checked all that stuff out before hand and i found the PNY as cheap as 30$ so i wanted to make sure

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 1:29 am

BlindNoir wrote:i checked all that stuff out before hand and i found the PNY as cheap as 30$ so i wanted to make sure

Well, SDRAM is usually used only in laptops.....

BlindNoir · Post by **BlindNoir** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 1:43 am

Well sony made it what do you expect any ways i went on newegg and i saw 2 things about the ream i didnt know before "Registered/Unbuffered" and "Ecc" what are they and what role do they play in RAM

madmag9999 · Post by **madmag9999** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 12:00 pm

Kalium wrote:
BlindNoir wrote:i checked all that stuff out before hand and i found the PNY as cheap as 30$ so i wanted to make sure
Well, SDRAM is usually used only in laptops.....

not true many old systems used sdram and new laptops use ddr.

BlindNoir wrote:Well sony made it what do you expect any ways i went on newegg and i saw 2 things about the ream i didnt know before "Registered/Unbuffered" and "Ecc" what are they and what role do they play in RAM

im also not quite sure what those things mean i know that ecc is a way for the ram to check errors or something and unbufferd/registerd is a way the ram is disigned but every system iv worked with so far(and thats quite alot) has taken non ecc unbufferd ram so im guessing yours should to.