Is the type of RAM is have bad?

[Kristafon]

Is this RAM bad?

 

[DiSTuRbEd]

pc2700 is fine.

 

[Nex321]

Bank cycle time and DRAM idle timer, how come I don't have those?

 

[Asus]

It's good RAM.
Of coures it's always good to have 512MB total too.

 

[bosox188]

256 is less than what most people have now, 512 is the recommended currently, pc2700 isn't as fast as pc3200 but it's still good. And Micron is a very good brand of ram.

 

[Wiegje]

aslong as your ram runs 1:1 with your cpu bus speed, it's just fine

 

[Kristafon]

I want to throw out(not literally) one of my 256megs of RAM and get a 512 for a grand total of 768.(and eventually anouther for 1gig) What should I get? Cheap as possible without being unreliable/slow would be good. THanx :cheers:

 

[Nex321]

aslong as your ram runs 1:1 with your cpu bus speed, it's just fine

I just changed mine from 4:5 to 1:1. Will it work better now?

 

[Asus]

I just changed mine from 4:5 to 1:1. Will it work better now?

As long as it's stable, it should be.

 

[Kristafon]

I want to throw out(not literally) one of my 256megs of RAM and get a 512 for a grand total of 768.(and eventually anouther for 1gig) What should I get? Cheap as possible without being unreliable/slow would be good. THanx :cheers:

assssssuuuuuuuuuussss!

 

[Kristafon]

anyyyyyyoooooooneeee

 

[Asus]

What system do you have and how many slots do you have?
If you have dual channel memory but use a 256MB and 512MB stick it will run in single channel mode. As soon as you use 512MB and 512MB sticks it will go back to dual channel.

If you have 3 or 4 slots and a PC that uses Dual Channel memory, I would suggest putting both 256MB sticks next to eachother with the 512MB on the other channel and it should run in dual channel mode then.

 

[Nex321]

I have 2x 512 Mb ram and it says Channels #: Single

Why?

 

[Asus]

Does your system support dual channel memory?
Are they in the correct slots? Check your manual.

 

[Nex321]

My mobo is IC7 MAX3, does it support dual channel? I'll check the manual to see if they are in correct slots

 

[Nex321]

ok read the manual and saw that they're not in correct slots.

Thanks Asus, would never know this if you didn't say it

 

[Ecthe|ioN]

Dont do what I did. I got one of those "I want to use even more money than I had planned on my upgrade"-days, and bought 4 x 512MB Geil Golden Dragon PC3200. I didn't know that this ammount of RAM was overkill, and I didn't discover it until it was to late to return 2 of the chips. I haven't noticed a decreased performance, but people tell me that it usually slows you down..

I usually just try to convince myself that it's not all that bad. At least I have enough RAM to play Solitaire.