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Kurt_
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What say you? Ram Question.

Post by Kurt_ »

So I'm on this mame computer. Pentium 4, 1.8 Ghz, 3 fans. (Should I overclock it? The only options are 1800 and 2400)

256mb ram.

This ram says PC333 on it. However, a search for the motherboard to determine compatible ram types reveals that it takes 133 and 100 mhz ram.

http://www.dealtime.com/xPF-Asustek-P4S533-MX

PC### means that ### is the speed in mhz of the ram, right? I'm new to RAM, Tim usually does this stuff.

Could I use PC133 ram in this thing? I have lots of that!
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Post by timmeh87 »

actually, after they moved from SD to DDR ram, the number after PC started to mean the bandwidth in Mb/s (I think. its some kind of bandwidth rating).

PC133 ram is SD ram. that computer uses PC2700 DDR. but you already knew that :P

also I doubt that you'd get that overclock stable on stock cooling and crappy generic ram. especially if you dont have a Vcore adjustment handy.
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