how many sticks or ram?

[bosox188]

I have a stick of 256mb ram right now in my computer and my friend has 512 (256x2) and he's gonna buy 512x2 and give me his other 256 sticks. My new motherboard has 4 memory slots. His ram is pc2700, mine's 2100. But my fsb is only 400mhz, so his ram will be the same speeds as mine, which I think is better. So should I just use his 256x2 for dual channel 512 or use all three sticks for 768 ram?

 

[Shuzer]

It's kind of a toss up.

I'd go with the dual channel PC2700

 

[Sedako]

It's kind of a toss up.

I'd go with the dual channel PC2700

I agree. If you use all three sticks, they will operate at PC 2100 due to your current stick of RAM being that speed. If you use the 2 PC 2700 sticks, you'll get higher speed and dual channel.

 

[bosox188]

Yeah but my cpu's fsb is only 400mhz meaing that the pc 2700 will only run at 266mhz anyway, so they would be the same speed no matter what right?

 

[Quixoticism]

Yeah but my cpu's fsb is only 400mhz meaing that the pc 2700 will only run at 266mhz anyway, so they would be the same speed no matter what right?

Um...no
PC2700 RAM runs at 333 MHz, and having a 400MHz FSB lets you use up to PC3200(400MHz) RAM sticks

 

[bosox188]

Wow then Dell lied on their site. They said 400fsb processors would bottleneck the ram. Man I really hate Dell.

Edit: Here's where I saw that. These are the specs of a Dimension 2400 (I have 2350)

Dimension 2400
As Advertised
Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor (2.66GHz, 533 FSB)

Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition

128MB Shared DDR SDRAM at 333MHz (Performs at 266MHz for 400FSB systems)

40GB Ultra ATA/100 7200RPM Hard Drive

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[Shuzer]

Dell sucks. Burn them! BURNNN!

 

[bosox188]

I really can't believe they're trying to sell a $600 pc with only 128mb ram! It's just pathetic. Yes burn them! :flame:

:sniper: :x