Can this work??

nighthawk3001 · 03-04-2009, 11:30 AM

A friend of mine has a stick of 226 MB RAM in his computer. His computer uses 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 333 (PC 2700) RAM. He is currently using Windows XP Pro 32 bit version and I'm telling him that he needs to get more RAM because his computer runs really slowly.

What he wants to do is buy 1 1GB stick of RAM and use the 226 MB RAM stick in the 2nd RAM slot. Can this work realistically?

**wrench97** · 03-04-2009, 03:02 PM

First you need to make sure his PC will support 1Gig sticks> Corsair , Crucial , OCZ

nighthawk3001 · 03-04-2009, 03:51 PM

His motherboard can support 2GB

**floop12444** · 03-04-2009, 03:54 PM

Well you need to make sure the RAM will work with his computer, and if its generic RAM or not. Crucial, Corsair and OCZ are the best companies. Use the links wrench gave you.

03-04-2009, 11:30 AM	#1 (permalink)
nighthawk3001 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Eastern Massachusetts, USA Posts: 95 OS: Windows XP Pro SP 3, Windows 7 Professional x64 My System	Can this work?? A friend of mine has a stick of 226 MB RAM in his computer. His computer uses 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 333 (PC 2700) RAM. He is currently using Windows XP Pro 32 bit version and I'm telling him that he needs to get more RAM because his computer runs really slowly. What he wants to do is buy 1 1GB stick of RAM and use the 226 MB RAM stick in the 2nd RAM slot. Can this work realistically?

03-04-2009, 03:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,444 OS: Win7	Re: Can this work?? First you need to make sure his PC will support 1Gig sticks> Corsair , Crucial , OCZ __________________ Power Supply and Selection

03-04-2009, 03:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
nighthawk3001 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Eastern Massachusetts, USA Posts: 95 OS: Windows XP Pro SP 3, Windows 7 Professional x64 My System	Re: Can this work?? His motherboard can support 2GB

03-04-2009, 03:54 PM	#4 (permalink)
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