Re: [CGUYS] More memory needed?

2008-03-05 Thread Tom Piwowar
Go to www.crucial.com. Digit your motherboard and they will tell the memmory you need. No problem. Good people. But prices often too high. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** **

Re: [CGUYS] More memory needed?

2008-03-05 Thread Tom Piwowar
Dell Optiplex GX240 1700 MHz. Pentium 4; 3/256 KB memory cache Bus 100 MHz. The consensus was that the computer was too old to try to upgrade memory. A 1.7 GHz Pentium 4 is not too old except for gamers. Win XP Pro SP2 2.15 GHz. AMD Athlon XP processor ASUSTeK A7N8X-E Rev. 2.xx motherboard

Re: [CGUYS] More memory needed?

2008-03-05 Thread Richard P.
For what it's worth, while Datamem has good prices, it's memory finder can't find my Compaq computer's memory. Crucial's memory finder was able to find it easily and the memory is guaranteed to work. Richard P. I just compared CC to DataMem. DataMem had a good memory finder and was $29 for

Re: [CGUYS] More memory needed?

2008-03-05 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
On that suggestion. Go to crucial look up your memory. Then using their stock numbers go to other sites and see what they charge. Also note compatible memory. The only time I have gotten memory that did not work was when I got it on Ebay and the shyster was selling some memory that would

Re: [CGUYS] More memory needed?

2008-03-05 Thread Tom Piwowar
I just compared CC to DataMem. DataMem had a good memory finder and was $29 for 512. CC had no memory finder and did not have an exact match for what I was looking for. They had something that should work, but that was $38. Big difference in service and price. Correction. CC does have

Re: [CGUYS] More memory needed?

2008-03-05 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
The board is capable of running both 33 and 400 with the 400 being the upper limit. The AMD chips in the XP series (I think that is what they were called) came in both 166 and 200 speeds. I had a board that topped out at 333 (166x2) so I could not run the faster 200 chips. His board will

Re: [CGUYS] More memory needed?

2008-03-05 Thread gerald
we talking memory chips here? Is that how fast the chips run, or how fast they are capable of running? i thought memory chips did not run, but only responded. At 03:46 PM 3/5/2008, you wrote: The board is capable of running both 33 and 400 with the 400 being the upper limit. The AMD chips

Re: [CGUYS] More memory needed?

2008-03-05 Thread John Mealey III
The question was centered around the AMD 2.n chip and older style memory. I had a system with 512 and upgraded to 1.5GB and was pleased with both the performance increase and the price / speed crucial provided. Not the cheapest by a long shot, but I am confident I will not have to open the crate

[CGUYS] More memory needed?

2008-03-04 Thread Robert
In a recent post on this listserv, I asked about increasing memory on an old computer that my high school daughter was using. That computer was: Dell Optiplex GX240 1700 MHz. Pentium 4; 3/256 KB memory cache Bus 100 MHz. The consensus was that the computer was too old to try to upgrade

Re: [CGUYS] More memory needed?

2008-03-04 Thread Marcio V. Pinheiro
Robert Go to www.crucial.com. Digit your motherboard and they will tell the memmory you need. No problem. Good people. Marcio (No business connection) At 23:48 4/3/2008, you wrote: In a recent post on this listserv, I asked about increasing memory on an old computer that my high school