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by joey_gaynor

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I am looking to upgrade the memory on my PC and I wanted to know what would be the best brand of memory to purchase.

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by dmiles

Check the motherboards specs to see what bus speed and how much memory you will be able to upgrade to,some motherboards made in the last two yrs,will be interchangable with PC 66 and PC100.Try to get memory compatible to your system,cannot specify what brand without info on what type of applications you are using.Crucial or Kingston has best prices on SRAM.

by bdgray

Well you are very fortunate! Memory is cheaper right now than it has been for years. Micron is just about the most reliable brad of memory. Crucial is a division of Micron and has just about the best prices on the net. Got to:

http://www.crucial.com

They will even walk you through finding the correct memory for your system. I recomend no les than 128MB these days.

by lamontwaggoner

I have used PNY and Micron, Now all I use is Micron, it seems to run a lot better. Also be sure to use memory that is specificaly designed for your bus speed. Don't use memory that is pc66/100 compatible, just seems like it doesn't run as well as the stuff that is designed to run one speed. Good luck

by lamontwaggoner

I have used PNY and Micron, Now all I use is Micron, it seems to run a lot better. Also be sure to use memory that is specificaly designed for your bus speed. Don't use memory that is pc66/100 compatible, just seems like it doesn't run as well as the stuff that is designed to run one speed. Good luck

by asjwm2

Here are some memory types:
VRAM - Video Random access memory
CMOS - Used in the BIOS
DRAM - Dynamic RAM
SDRAM - Synchronous DRAM
EDORAM - Enhanced Data Out RAM
SRAM - fast static RAM get this
RDRAM - faster, more expensive than SRAM

DRAMs are refreshed periodically
SRAMs don't need refreshing, so they are not
dependent on a power supply as much

It is my opinion that a synchronous RAM is
better than asynchronous even though it might
be a little bit slower.

The memory chip itself is not hard to
manufacture. 128 megs should be about $50.
Consider a network card and a DSL modem, too.
Best wishes, Johnny

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