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28-11-2007, 12:48 AM
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some advice please
Building my first pc
have a Abit Fatal1ty F-I90HD ATI, S775 mobo
i was going to put 8gb of ram in but decide to just put 4gb in
would i be better off with 2x2gb or 4x1gb?
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28-11-2007, 11:48 AM
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Re: some advice please
4 x 1gb would be cheaper, but reduce future upgrade ability.
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28-11-2007, 1:43 PM
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Re: some advice please
would this only work on AMD motherboards????????
2GB DDR2 PC2-5300 667Mhz 240PIN DIMM AM2
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Re: some advice please
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29-11-2007, 8:36 AM
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Re: some advice please
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Originally Posted by bobblybits
would this only work on AMD motherboards????????
2GB DDR2 PC2-5300 667Mhz 240PIN DIMM AM2
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Do you have a link?
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30-11-2007, 4:45 AM
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Re: some advice please
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Do you have a link?
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its an ebay link , there not allowed on here are they?
the ram , just says "only compat with AM2 moherboards"
everyone i have asked looks at me funny as no one seems to know what AM2 is , even people that know alot about comps and ive even phoned a comp technician and he didnt know lol  |
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30-11-2007, 8:19 AM
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Re: some advice please
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Originally Posted by bobblybits
its an ebay link , there not allowed on here are they?
the ram , just says "only compat with AM2 moherboards"
everyone i have asked looks at me funny as no one seems to know what AM2 is , even people that know alot about comps and ive even phoned a comp technician and he didnt know lol |
AM2 is the socket for AMD CPU's. AMD CPU's used to prefer memory with tighter timings, rather than pure MHz FSB.
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