Need to buy new ram: HELP

darian · 07-02-2009, 08:38 PM

I'm in the market for some much needed ram, but I don't know what's compatible. I would like 2gb.

My board: Intel D102GGC2 Motherboard

After doing a scan on the crucial site, this is what it had to say about my computer:
http://www.crucial.com/systemscanner...9C2E2231D926C3
And it says that I can only take DDR2 memory with support for DDR2 PC2-5300 speeds. But I heard getting faster ram is fine since it'll just downclock???

So, with the looming economy lingering in my mind, I found this cheaper, although faster than I can use, ram that I"d like to get, but I don't know if it'll work:
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...Y&promoid=1078.

or would this slightly more expensive onework?
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...n&promoid=1078

Help!

HD_Monkey · 07-02-2009, 10:20 PM

Why exactly are you wanting to run higher clocked ram on a system that will not utilize it? I recommend you use the recommended sticks for your system.

**grimx133** · 07-03-2009, 01:02 AM

Yep, as HD Monkey says, get the ones recommended by Crucial. Otherwise it's a crapshoot eh, why roll the dice?
http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=30...7;20TECHNOLOGY

07-02-2009, 08:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
darian Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 9 OS: Win XP s2	Need to buy new ram: HELP I'm in the market for some much needed ram, but I don't know what's compatible. I would like 2gb. My board: Intel D102GGC2 Motherboard After doing a scan on the crucial site, this is what it had to say about my computer: http://www.crucial.com/systemscanner...9C2E2231D926C3 And it says that I can only take DDR2 memory with support for DDR2 PC2-5300 speeds. But I heard getting faster ram is fine since it'll just downclock??? So, with the looming economy lingering in my mind, I found this cheaper, although faster than I can use, ram that I"d like to get, but I don't know if it'll work: http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...Y&promoid=1078. or would this slightly more expensive onework? http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...n&promoid=1078 Help!

07-02-2009, 10:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
HD_Monkey Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 367 OS: XP x64 SP2 My System	Re: Need to buy new ram: HELP Why exactly are you wanting to run higher clocked ram on a system that will not utilize it? I recommend you use the recommended sticks for your system. __________________

07-03-2009, 01:02 AM	#3 (permalink)
grimx133 Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Canada eh Posts: 2,990 OS: xp mce sp2, xp pro sp2, windows 7 beta My System	Re: Need to buy new ram: HELP Yep, as HD Monkey says, get the ones recommended by Crucial. Otherwise it's a crapshoot eh, why roll the dice? http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=30...7;20TECHNOLOGY __________________