DrMoriarty
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Help an old codger out here, lads...
I want to upgrade the RAM in a two-year-old Dimension 4600 (currently 2 x 256MB dual channel) and according to Komplett [broken link removed] is the only suitable 1GB matched pair. I asked about other, cheaper kits, but they said it has to be low-density, not high... (dunno if that's a matter of 'CAS Latency' or 'Module Configuration'... 64 x 64 or otherwise?)
All over eBay I see much better prices for PC3200 DDR-DIMM 184-PIN, unbuffered, Non-ECC 1024MB kits (2 x matched 512MB), but lots of them are CL2 or CL2.5. Even when I've seen CL3, the sellers can't tell me whether the modules are low-density or no.
Basically, what's the difference? Does it really matter? Is there any reason I can't get something like [broken link removed]? Or two of [broken link removed]? [broken link removed]
Thanks for any tips you can give me; I don't fancy forking out €135-odd if I can pick it up for less than half-price on eeb!
Edit: I see all the same blah here on Amazon - mine's a PIV w/800MHz FSB, so I need the PC3200. But what's with the CL=3 & 64Meg x 64 bit. Is it really crucial? Sorry, bad pun...! [broken link removed]
I want to upgrade the RAM in a two-year-old Dimension 4600 (currently 2 x 256MB dual channel) and according to Komplett [broken link removed] is the only suitable 1GB matched pair. I asked about other, cheaper kits, but they said it has to be low-density, not high... (dunno if that's a matter of 'CAS Latency' or 'Module Configuration'... 64 x 64 or otherwise?)
All over eBay I see much better prices for PC3200 DDR-DIMM 184-PIN, unbuffered, Non-ECC 1024MB kits (2 x matched 512MB), but lots of them are CL2 or CL2.5. Even when I've seen CL3, the sellers can't tell me whether the modules are low-density or no.
Basically, what's the difference? Does it really matter? Is there any reason I can't get something like [broken link removed]? Or two of [broken link removed]? [broken link removed]
Thanks for any tips you can give me; I don't fancy forking out €135-odd if I can pick it up for less than half-price on eeb!
Edit: I see all the same blah here on Amazon - mine's a PIV w/800MHz FSB, so I need the PC3200. But what's with the CL=3 & 64Meg x 64 bit. Is it really crucial? Sorry, bad pun...! [broken link removed]