<div class="IPBDescription">suggestions?</div> I need a stick of 512 PC 133 SDRAM (133 MHz). Any suggestions on what brand to get? I'll order it later tonight whatever i get.
All three of those should work <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> Just have a look around! Crucial and Kingston would be the current most known alternatives - Pricewatch will allow you to find the cheapest deals on basically any computer hardware anywhere - a very helpful site, to be honest.
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Indeed - you'll be way better off with fast RAM. I'm still stuck on a slow board, but I'm planning on upgrading soon. Trust me - fast RAM makes a huge difference in your performance.
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Go down to Fry's, or your local computer-mart and pick up a stick of their generic RAM. Honestly... the ONLY thing you pay extra for when you buy Corsair, Crucial, or Kingston is a fugly heat-spreader and a name. The generic brand works just as well.
Crucial, from what I know and have heard, are the best for RAM. Check it out. Hope you are successful in your search. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I'd personally take Talesins advice and see if you can pick up some from a local computer shop, if you don't need it to be brand new they may have some second hand stuff lying around they'll sell you for cheap.
If you need it to be new, and want one of those brands go Crucial over Kingston, I've been out of the computer business for over a year now but "back in the day" Crucials stuff was relatively cheap and good performance, whereas Kingstons stuff was unreliable.
Also try <a href='http://www.ebuyer.com' target='_blank'>http://www.ebuyer.com</a> I think they have a US side to the business and they do dirt cheap noname hardware.
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Though thats just because I got a sweet mb/cpu deal for $10. It runs well too.
To be honest, for most purposes RAM is RAM. If you have a board that supports it, go with DDR. If not just make sure you are going with PC133. The cost of upgrading the board and purchasing the DDR may not justify the speed increase. However, the cost of DDR is dropping and you may find it feasable to do a complete upgrade. Just make sure that your new MB supports all your periferals (and CPU)
I do not recommend the purchase of ECC Unless you are running a system critical server (which I doubt :-p) The extra cost is not justified for gamers and you wont notice a difference anyway.
Crucial, though expensive, is a very reliable company. I find them very nice to work with, and they honor their lifetime guarentee. I had to use it 3 times due to some... experimenting. But they honored the guarentee nonetheless.
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<a href='http://www.kingston.com' target='_blank'>Kingston.com</a>
<a href='http://www.pricewatch.com' target='_blank'>Pricewatch.com</a></li></ul>
All three of those should work <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> Just have a look around! Crucial and Kingston would be the current most known alternatives - Pricewatch will allow you to find the cheapest deals on basically any computer hardware anywhere - a very helpful site, to be honest.
Good luck!
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Honestly... the ONLY thing you pay extra for when you buy Corsair, Crucial, or Kingston is a fugly heat-spreader and a name. The generic brand works just as well.
If you need it to be new, and want one of those brands go Crucial over Kingston, I've been out of the computer business for over a year now but "back in the day" Crucials stuff was relatively cheap and good performance, whereas Kingstons stuff was unreliable.
Also try <a href='http://www.ebuyer.com' target='_blank'>http://www.ebuyer.com</a> I think they have a US side to the business and they do dirt cheap noname hardware.
I went back.
Though thats just because I got a sweet mb/cpu deal for $10.
It runs well too.
To be honest, for most purposes RAM is RAM. If you have a board that supports it, go with DDR. If not just make sure you are going with PC133. The cost of upgrading the board and purchasing the DDR may not justify the speed increase. However, the cost of DDR is dropping and you may find it feasable to do a complete upgrade. Just make sure that your new MB supports all your periferals (and CPU)
I do not recommend the purchase of ECC Unless you are running a system critical server (which I doubt :-p) The extra cost is not justified for gamers and you wont notice a difference anyway.
Crucial, though expensive, is a very reliable company. I find them very nice to work with, and they honor their lifetime guarentee. I had to use it 3 times due to some... experimenting. But they honored the guarentee nonetheless.
Any other questions?