Ram Help
 

So if any one has played with my recently u might of noticed the lack of um.. fps.. well i only have 512 mb of ram and im looking to upgrade i have for 3 available slots and my computer is older it uses DDR. I dont really know were to start or wat too look out for.. Ill probably want to add a gig of ram. Any help would be awesome

Is this a branded computer like Dell, HP or Gateway or is it a generic custom-built system? If it is branded what's the model number or service tag? If it's custom built do you know what model motherboard you're using? If you don't know can you see if it's stenciled somewhere on motherboard? You can use software to try to identify this...but it's hit and miss. Once you can ID the motherboard you should be able to check this against the manufacturer's website. The "Memory configurators" on Kingston, Crucial and others aren't fool proof...so checking against the website for the actual motherboard manufacturer is a good thing to do.

well.. its asus.. i dont know wat model.. its intel i found some #s on the motherboard and i googled with them and nothing came up.. not really sure wat model it is

What were the number you came up with? Asus usually puts them in a couple of places....between some of the expansion slots in large white letters and then on top of like the ports on the back of the motherboard in black on a white label.

P4P800 is wat i found in the expansion ports

A google search on P4P800 brings this up at the top of the search.

Does this look like your board?
http://www.asus.com/999/images/products/179/179_l.jpg

If so, you're running a board with dual channel ddr-400 setup. You mentioned 3 slots available. Does that mean you have one slot used and 3 open, thus 4 slots all together?

Google and download System Information for Windows and it will be able to tell us all kinds of hardware info that can determine what kind of motherboard and RAM you use.

that would be my baby right there
and the system thingy ill just copy the ram and mother board stuff

Property Value
Manufacturer ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
Model P4P800SE
Version Rev 2.xx
Serial Number MB-1234567890

North Bridge Intel i865P/PE/G/i848P Revision A2
South Bridge Intel 82801EB (ICH5) Revision A2

CPU Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.80GHz
Cpu Socket Socket 478 mPGA

System Slots 5 PCI, 1 AGP

Memory Summary
Maximum Capacity 4096 MBytes
Maximum Memory Module Size 1024 MBytes
Memory Slots 4
Error Correction None

Maximum Capacity 4096 MBytes
Maximum Memory Module Size 1024 MBytes
Memory Slots 4
Error Correction None
DRAM Frequency 167.1 MHz
Memory Timings 3-3-3-7 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS)

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Device Locator Slot 1
Property Value
Part Number MDD512-08M-400
Capacity 512 MBytes
Memory Type DDR (PC3200)
Speed 200 MHz
Supported Frequencies 133 MHz, 166 MHz, 200 MHz
Memory Timings 2-2-2-6-0 at 133 MHz, at 2.5 volts (CL-RCD-RP-RAS-RC)
Memory Timings 2-3-3-7-0 at 166 MHz, at 2.5 volts (CL-RCD-RP-RAS-RC)
Memory Timings 3-3-3-8-0 at 200 MHz, at 2.5 volts (CL-RCD-RP-RAS-RC)
Data Width 64 bits
Manufacturing Date 2006, Week 18
EPP SPD Support No
XMP SPD Support No

And it's also hit and miss. I've seen several occasions where it's missed it's analysis of a system. Far better to visually confirm the model and do the due diligence.

This is what matches his described model #. Not all models within a particular ASUS series are identical.

From ASUS:

- 4 x 184-pin DIMM Sockets support max. 4GB PC3200/2700/2100 non-ECC DDR SDRAM memory
- Dual Channel Memory Architecture

And from Kingston:

MODULES MUST BE ORDERED AND INSTALLED IN PAIRS for Dual Channel mode. All modules must be identical for Dual Channel with Dynamic Mode. Kingston offers "K2" Kit part numbers for Dual Channel mode.

When running at 800MHz FSB, DDR333 will clock at 320MHz only.

Systems shipped with 800MHz FSB processors should use DDR400 (KVR400X64C3A) parts.
Systems shipped with 533MHz FSB processors should use DDR333 (KVR333X64C25) parts

So, knowing what CPU you have will determine what memory best matches your system.

http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/image/s_ram.jpg

hope this helps.

thanks merv :)

Number of CPU(s) One Physical Processor / One Core / One Logical Processor / 32 bits
CPU Full Name Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.80GHz
Vendor GenuineIntel
CPU Name Intel Celeron 335
CPU Code Name Prescott
Platform Name Socket 478 mPGA
Revision E0
Technology 90 nm
Instructions MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3
Original Clock 2800 MHz
Original System Clock 133 MHz
Original Multiplier 21.1
CPU Clock 2814 MHz
System Clock 133.6 MHz
FSB 534.6 MHz
L1 Data Cache 16 KBytes
L1 Trace Cache 12 Kuops
L2 Cache 256 KBytes


theres my cpu stuff... im glad i decided to post on here rather than just buy some ddr ram.. shit could of gone quite wrong and i would of wasted some money which id rather not do

533 MHz is what you'll want.

I would get one 2gig stick of ram, unless you run vista.

so when im looking at ram ill be looking for like



Crucial 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 533 ?

or what

Well i went to the site he posted, since you said that is infact you're mobo, going by that what you are looking for is 1GB [or whatever amount you want] so like pc3200 DDR400.

ight that makes things a lot easier... well i should get it after spring break/during

No, 333. If Crucial is what you're choosing then this is what you need. You can find the main Crucial page for this motherboard here.