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post #1 of 23
1/27/06 at 2:24am
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I didnt want to get the 2gb from dell because it was too much ... however now that I want to upgrade to 2gb all I can find is 2x1gb at 533 there is no 667 in ddr2 .. would that be a problem? would I feel a decrease in performance ??

thanks !!
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post #2 of 23
1/27/06 at 4:03am
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if I wait some more would there be 667 ddr2 on the market ?? or just 553 ??

this sucks ...
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post #3 of 23
1/27/06 at 8:50am
I found some @ Tiger Direct you might want to check out.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...201&CatId=1651
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...206040&CatId=0

Peace

Peter
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post #4 of 23
1/27/06 at 9:32am
Family guy we are looking at LAPTOP/NOTEBOOK ram..... i bought the dual pack version of this and according to cpu-z it is pc5300 so it should be able to run at 667 http://www.mushkin.com/doc/products/...ail.asp?ID=211
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post #5 of 23
1/27/06 at 10:42am
My bad.
Thanks for the link silicon.

Peace

Peter
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post #6 of 23
1/27/06 at 12:36pm
Just curious, Silicon. The page you are refering to rates the ram as 533 MHz. Are you running the ram at higher frequencies or is there something I am missing?
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post #7 of 23
1/27/06 at 3:53pm
no, due to fsb limitations of the 915 chipset, it only runs at 533mhz, but according to cpu-z, it can run at 667mhz stable because it isn't pc4200 like advertised but it is infact pc5300
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post #8 of 23
1/27/06 at 5:57pm
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Originally Posted by silicon???
no, due to fsb limitations of the 915 chipset, it only runs at 533mhz, but according to cpu-z, it can run at 667mhz stable because it isn't pc4200 like advertised but it is infact pc5300

so you saying that the mushkin says it is 533 but it actually run 667 ?? would that work on 9400 ???

and if not would I lose performance if I went from 667 to 533 ??? because since it has a lower latency and it is 2gb ....

thanks man !
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post #9 of 23
1/27/06 at 7:47pm
it actually can run at up to 667, i assume it will work on the 9400 cause it works on the 9300, and u would see hardly any performance loss from 667 to 533 but u might get better battery life, and the higher the speed, the higher the latency, the lower the speed, the lower the latency, so if u run it at 533 it will have a cas of 4, if u run it at 667 it will probably run a cas of 5
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post #10 of 23
1/27/06 at 8:12pm
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Originally Posted by silicon???
it actually can run at up to 667, i assume it will work on the 9400 cause it works on the 9300, and u would see hardly any performance loss from 667 to 533 but u might get better battery life, and the higher the speed, the higher the latency, the lower the speed, the lower the latency, so if u run it at 533 it will have a cas of 4, if u run it at 667 it will probably run a cas of 5

but how did you set to 667 ?? because it can not be done using the bios ... right ?
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post #11 of 23
1/27/06 at 9:07pm
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Originally Posted by silicon???
no, due to fsb limitations of the 915 chipset, it only runs at 533mhz, but according to cpu-z, it can run at 667mhz stable because it isn't pc4200 like advertised but it is infact pc5300
I never said it ran at 667mhz, it was downclocked by the bios. u can't have it run at 667 on the 915 chipset but u can on the 945.
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post #12 of 23
2/3/06 at 3:14pm
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just installed my mushkin 2gb (2x1gb)
on newegg.. it said to be 533 but according to the bios and cpu z it is running at 667 ... soh pretty good deal for the memories.. 160 and I sold my old 1gb for 80 soh 80 dolares to upgrade ...

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post #13 of 23
2/7/06 at 4:28pm
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Originally Posted by willfred
just installed my mushkin 2gb (2x1gb)
on newegg.. it said to be 533 but according to the bios and cpu z it is running at 667 ... soh pretty good deal for the memories.. 160 and I sold my old 1gb for 80 soh 80 dolares to upgrade ...
is this the mem from newegg? (there was a different 2x1gig pack, but that is sold out)

by the way how much of a dif does 1 gig v 2 gig really mean specifically for every day use, or for gaming? (I know its 'better'...but how much better??)

thanks
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post #14 of 23
2/7/06 at 5:46pm
i almost bout those... saw the timings at 4-4-4-12 I opted for the OCZ ram @ 4-4-4-8 both are 533Mhz.
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post #15 of 23
2/7/06 at 7:42pm
This many be a silly question. Would I need to buy a 2x1Gb set to enable dual channel or can I just go out and buy 2 1Gb Sodimms (just need to get the same brand ) to get the same functionality?
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post #16 of 23
2/8/06 at 3:16am
i got corsair 2x 1gb for about 160 bucks... not fast timings, but i dont overclock.
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post #17 of 23
2/8/06 at 8:48am
FYI : 2GB modules....

http://www.vr-zone.com/index.php?i=3137
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post #18 of 23
2/8/06 at 9:55am
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Originally Posted by Channel05
This many be a silly question. Would I need to buy a 2x1Gb set to enable dual channel or can I just go out and buy 2 1Gb Sodimms (just need to get the same brand ) to get the same functionality?
you need 2 sticks of the same size...preferably from the same manufacturer.
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post #19 of 23
2/8/06 at 11:44am
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Originally Posted by PcGeek04
you need 2 sticks of the same size...preferably from the same manufacturer.
Ok, so all I need is to purchase 2 of something like
http://www.ocztechnology.com/product...00_ddr2-sodimm

so I don't need to buy a packaged set, similar to how the PC DDR rams are packaged for dual channel.

Thanks!
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post #20 of 23
2/8/06 at 11:52am
so could I use two of these modules from crucial (1Gb 667 Mhz):

http://www.crucial.com/store/MPartsp...&WSPN=CT498910

thanks

Philip
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