Schmidt1989 Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 I was looking through a tigerdirect catalogue the other day and noticed it had 1024MB(1GB) ram in it for only $50. i was wondering if mushkin, the maker, is a good brand or not, $50 sure is cheap but they could suprise you.and i aready have 1 stick of 256 Ram from samsung i think, and the 1GB is 2 sticks, i know i could take the old one out and just put the 2 new sticks in, but before i buy, are all memory sticks the same length, i dont want the ram to be too long for my mobo, or a kind it cant take.My mobo is a MSI MS-6701 (Medion OEM) and i dunno what to put for the memory stats but heres what i got from everest:Memory Bus Properties Bus Type DDR SDRAMBus Width 64-bitReal Clock 167 MHz (DDR)Effective Clock 333 MHzBandwidth 2666 MB/sRyan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 Mushkin makes decent memory sticks. If it's 184-pin DDR it should fit your board. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
murtu52 Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 I googled it, found that your motherboard takes 184-pin RAM. Usually RAM is 184-pin, but some other motherboards use different ones, I think some use somewhere around 200 pins, i don't have it on the top of my head. I can't find the RAM you were talking about on tigerdirect, but here is what you should be looking for (specs that are better than your current RAM): Higher memory (obviously ) and higher clock speeds. Right now you have DDR 333MHZ, PC2700. Try looking around for some PC3200 (DDR 400MHZ), or higher if your motherboard supports it. Though, if you don't have any need to upgrade to the speed, no need to splurge . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aluvus Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 Right now you have DDR 333MHZ, PC2700. Try looking around for some PC3200 (DDR 400MHZ), or higher if your motherboard supports it. Though, if you don't have any need to upgrade to the speed, no need to splurge .<{POST_SNAPBACK}>With most processors, this would offer no performance improvement.Yes, Mushkin is a good brand. A link (or model number) would be very helpful. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Schmidt1989 Posted September 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 would DDR2 ram fit in DDR ram slot? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aluvus Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 would DDR2 ram fit in DDR ram slot?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>No. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Schmidt1989 Posted September 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 ok hows this?RAM Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Schmidt1989 Posted September 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 or better yet Corsair Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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