Re: What kind of RAM?
From: William B. Lurie (billurie_at_nospam.org)
Date: 05/03/04
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Date: Mon, 03 May 2004 18:20:59 -0400
Tom wrote:
> "William B. Lurie" <billurie@nospam.org> wrote in message
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>>Mac, I thank you for taking the time. I got all the same
>>flyers you got, even tho' I'm 2800 miles East and South of
>>San Jose (Florida). My eMachines T2080 cost not much more
>>than yours, but I got mine 18 months ago (Circuit City).EMachines told
>>me to get PC2100....but several MVPs in this group say 2700 will
>>work fine (they just CAN run faster). And do you have specific
>>advice saying you can't mix'n'match 2100 and 2700s? It shouldn't
>>take long before people junque 'old' machines with PC2100 in them,
>>and they should be happy turning them into cash. The problem is,
>>making contact with them.
>>
>>So....if anybody has some old, 'slow' PC2100 184 pin DDR RAM,
>>stand up and name a price for a 512Meg strip.......
>>
>> Bill Lurie
>
>
> Bill,
>
> I saw a few folks here recommend going to Crucial, which is a very great
> quality source for RAM. But there is another called Kingston, which also
> sells very dependable PC products, namely RAM. They have PC2100, on up there
> available and it is very typically less expensive than Crucial.
>
> http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/configurator/memsubtype.asp
>
> This is the 2100 list, but you can check out all of there products. If you
> also can give the name of the maker/model of your MOBO, they will match up
> your RAM just fine.
>
Thanks, I've decided, at least for now, that I don't
need to double the 512MB that came with the machine,
at least not Kingston $115 worth. I'll keep a watchful eye
out for when somebody has a nice rebate promotion. After
all, PC2100 isn't the hottest thing on the street any more.
--
William B. Lurie
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