Hello!
Am I taking a chance by not getting a heat spreader? Are heat spreaders just eye candy?
I would like to upgrade my RAM from 1G to 2Gs. I often am running grid computing software (BIONC, etc.) and a web browser, which uses up all my RAM continuously. I don't mind this as I'm usually doing stuff that requires little computing power.
The RAM I have right now is performance RAM with heat spreaders from my gaming days, so I have no idea if RAM without heat spreaders would survive well when being thoroughly used by the grid computing and web browsing applications.
I'm looking to get 2G of RAM (2 x 1G) @ 400mhz pc3200 cl 3-3-3-8, maybe Mushkin or Corsair. I could get a matched pair of RAM without heat spreaders for the same price as un-matched RAM that has heat spreaders. My motherboard doesn't support dual channel mode, but I thought maybe a matched pair would have better re-sale value.
Thank you for any help,
Cheers!
Here's the list of RAM I was looking at. Newegg.com - 2GB (2 x 1GB), DDR2 400 (PC2 3200), DDR 400 (PC 3200), Desktop Memory, Memory, Computer Hardware
Am I taking a chance by not getting a heat spreader? Are heat spreaders just eye candy?
I would like to upgrade my RAM from 1G to 2Gs. I often am running grid computing software (BIONC, etc.) and a web browser, which uses up all my RAM continuously. I don't mind this as I'm usually doing stuff that requires little computing power.
The RAM I have right now is performance RAM with heat spreaders from my gaming days, so I have no idea if RAM without heat spreaders would survive well when being thoroughly used by the grid computing and web browsing applications.
I'm looking to get 2G of RAM (2 x 1G) @ 400mhz pc3200 cl 3-3-3-8, maybe Mushkin or Corsair. I could get a matched pair of RAM without heat spreaders for the same price as un-matched RAM that has heat spreaders. My motherboard doesn't support dual channel mode, but I thought maybe a matched pair would have better re-sale value.
Thank you for any help,
Cheers!
Here's the list of RAM I was looking at. Newegg.com - 2GB (2 x 1GB), DDR2 400 (PC2 3200), DDR 400 (PC 3200), Desktop Memory, Memory, Computer Hardware