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joosie
I'm new to working with computer parts. I want to upgrade my ram. I work
with Paintshop Pro 9 and it is excruciatingly slow.
Currently I have 256mb installed. I want to buy either 512mb or 1gb.
CPU
P4 1.6Mhz (3 years old)
Motherboard (Gigabyte GA-8SIMLP)
-supports up to 2gb of ram in total
-2 DDR Dimm slots
-supports 2 unbuffered double-sided DDR266(PC2100)/DDR200(PC1600)
Currently this is the ram I have installed:
Kingston KVR266X64C25/256 256 MB PC2100 DDR SDRAM (2.5-3-3-6 @ 133
MHz) (2.0-2-2-5 @ 100 MHz)
My concerns are:
-Does this info mean I can install either SDRAM or DDR ram
-I cannot find anywhere that has DDR at 133Mhz (PC2100) only SDRAM
-Can I buy higher speed ram eg PC3200 and it still be able to work?
-If I buy a stick of 512mb will it work together with the already installed
256mb I have (totalling 748mb) - which I'm hoping for due to my budget but
have read where it's better to have the ram modules installed in pair (ie
chucking out the 256 and buy 2 lots of 512 rather than buying a 1gb stick
I would appreciate any help on this thanks
Deb
with Paintshop Pro 9 and it is excruciatingly slow.
Currently I have 256mb installed. I want to buy either 512mb or 1gb.
CPU
P4 1.6Mhz (3 years old)
Motherboard (Gigabyte GA-8SIMLP)
-supports up to 2gb of ram in total
-2 DDR Dimm slots
-supports 2 unbuffered double-sided DDR266(PC2100)/DDR200(PC1600)
Currently this is the ram I have installed:
Kingston KVR266X64C25/256 256 MB PC2100 DDR SDRAM (2.5-3-3-6 @ 133
MHz) (2.0-2-2-5 @ 100 MHz)
My concerns are:
-Does this info mean I can install either SDRAM or DDR ram
-I cannot find anywhere that has DDR at 133Mhz (PC2100) only SDRAM
-Can I buy higher speed ram eg PC3200 and it still be able to work?
-If I buy a stick of 512mb will it work together with the already installed
256mb I have (totalling 748mb) - which I'm hoping for due to my budget but
have read where it's better to have the ram modules installed in pair (ie
chucking out the 256 and buy 2 lots of 512 rather than buying a 1gb stick
I would appreciate any help on this thanks
Deb