Upgrading Old Desktop Memory

[qbbraveheart]

so I will be building a new desktop(read: after the wedding next year lol) so in the meantime I want to upgrade the memory of my POS desktop

Im wondering if this is a good decision or if i should hold off

specs of said POS:

Intell P3 1.0GHz
256MB PC100/133 RAM (dont laugh at me )
Voodoo graphics card(again dont laugh at me lol)


I use this mainly for my home office and I use it for web browsing and office 2003 apps

so I could care less

I just need more memory because available memory left to play with is 30MB!!!! lol

I was thinking upgrading to 512 or higher???

any suggestions?

 

[qbbraveheart]

oh and is there a way to tell what type of memory (as in pc100 or pc133 or whatever) WITHOUT opening the case???

 

[saltynay]

everest home should tell you all your system specs . Is you ram ddr2??? if it is ddr then don't spen much money as ddr is the old standard so wont have a use in your next pc.


Matt

 

[S0ULphIRE]

I agree with saltynay, ddr is being phased out. It'd just be a waste if you bought more ddr. tho it wouldnt cos much just to get another 512 stick. Or, if u really dont want to pay, i have a 256mb 133 card u could have, depending on where u iz ...
btw, if you want to add something to your thread, just click the edit button!

 

[Trotter]

It is a P3, so of course it's not DDR2. Since when does DDR2 come in PC100/133???

PC100/PC133 is SDRAM, which has 168 pins. DDR has 184 pins, while DDR2 has 240 pins.

You can get SDRAM on NewEgg. Sticks of 256 start around $30, so it is a quick and cheap upgrade.

 

[reggie_da_man]

Thank you trotter for clearing that up...man i was about to blow up...ddr2 running at pc100...WTF? that was just really bugging me reading this topic

 

[qbbraveheart]

thanks for recommending the program...I did do a search but it didnt turn up much

and most likely Ill probally end up going with a 512 stick and a 256 stick

 

[saltynay]

lol I have only been in the pc game for about 8 months anything that is more then a year maybe 2 I don't know about

 

[devil7]

I tried the scan at crucial.com
Memory upgrades, graphics cards, flash media, and usb storage at Crucial.com

It does fair and tells you what is installed and what is available. THEN, research the best deal from there. A computer store in your town may have some sdram that you can pick up cheap. OH yeah if you use didfferent size sticks put the big one in the first slot as the computer accesses it first. never know...