Bro, please edit the post. I think this thread is not offering to people but rather a discussion on RAM matters.

Im concern that Admin will war you if you not edit the post though.

Planning to get a ddr800 ram for mid range use..patriot ram is it alright for me?

I discussed with other forumer and found out that if you are looking for patriot, try to get their performance ram.

Their value RAM seems not very good (based on forumers experience).

define "mid range use"
if you want to use it normally without overclock, any RAM will do.

Kingston is known as the most well known brand for the normal RAM in Malaysia.

Nowadays not all rams, for example PC3200 ram are backward compatible for mobo supporting PC2100. Why is that so? I used to have 2 pieces of 512MB PC3200 ram, one of which when i slot it to my old mobo it wont boot.


here is the screenshot from cpuz for the ram that can be used in my old mobo:



And this is the one which cant be used in my old mobo:



so the thing is how am i suppose to know if the ram that i want to buy in the shop is backward compatible?






This post has been edited by jchou87: Oct 22 2007, 10:19 AM

Perhaps the answer lie on the mobo itself which in the first unable to support the RAM in the dual channel mode.

The best way is to refer to the motherboard's manual for confirmation.

jchou87's case is not about dual channel. it's the mobo that doesn't accept that piece of ram.

maybe this is nob question, but i want to clear my doubt.

izzit ram for imac same with normal PC?

There is special RAM for Imac as compare to normal PC. I will try to find it out for you because previously there is a user mention about IMac RAM as well.

thankss bro .i looking around but not get answer

Unable to find the source so far. Anyone here can help this person?

how much does kingston DDR 1GB ram for notebook cost?

This post has been edited by theskems: Oct 25 2007, 01:15 PM

Hi guys,

I have a question regarding RAM Dual channeling.

My computer has 4 RAM slots, 2 blue and 2 red. I have 2x256mb RAMs in the blue slot. But I also have a single 1 GB RAM slotted in one of the red slots (the other red slot empty)

Once I load up my PC however, CPU-Z states that they are running in Single channels.

Do I need another 1GB slotted in the other red slot to make it run dual channels?

Thanks

dual channel runs in either 2 or 4 sticks

You have to check with manufacturer manuals provided. Some older mobo does not support Dual Channel when running 4 sticks altogether.

Will there be any update about the chip used in ddr2 ram?

What kind of update? Care to let me know what do you mean by that?

Maybe like type of chip they use for ddr2 or ddr3

Is the vista ram meter reliable(the gadget on the sidebar)? It seems like I'm constantly on 50%(needle pointing top) memory usage although in idle mode. Does this mean I have to add more rams and after adding it, the ram meter will be lower?