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The_Emugator

#1 November 27, 2007, 03:44:50 am
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Barring something more important coming up, next month I am going to get some much needed RAM. Is there anything I need to know? I've never bought RAM or anything like that before and need to know if I either need to pinpoint a particular kind for my system or can just use any kind. I don't mean like if I need DDR or DDR2. To put it perspective, I was looking up prices on a site and while it had some decent deals, after putting in what kind of motherboard I have, it listed RAM chips they say were 100% guaranteed to be compatible, but were double the price of the other stuff.

In english, is there really such a thing as RAM that is meant to be used  with a particular motherboard, or are they trying to gouge me?

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#2 November 27, 2007, 05:04:18 am
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Yes, some RAM flat out will not work on a particular motherboard, or will not work with other kinds of RAM. It relies entirely on your motherboard. Some brands/models are more compatible than others and will take all sorts of brands and sizes of RAM. Whatever the case, the safest bet is to get all the same kind of RAM in your system (it's the most stable solution).
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#3 November 27, 2007, 08:40:51 am
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Check what speed/type your existing RAM is and get one with the same of both.
If you pull out the stick of RAM (very easy to put back in) its usually printed on it.
If that's not the case, then you could get a program like sisoft sandra to tell you for sure.
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#4 November 27, 2007, 07:19:49 pm
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Thanks. I looked it up and now know what to look for. You guys saved me probably a whole lotta headaches.

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