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Michael Wurster <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 2 Jun 2004 23:09:23 -0600
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Mike,
You can't go wrong with buying a name-brand product. Kingston and Crucial
come to mind. There are other more advanced products out there that appeal
to the overclocking set but for general purpose use I always go name brand.
You CAN save a few dollars going with generic stuff but in my experience
the quality control isn't as good. I've yet to have a Crucial or Kingston
memory module fail. I have the same M/B as you do so you're looking for
PC2100 memory. (184 pin, 2.5 v., Non ECC)  If you're running XP, then go
for 512 MB.  You may want to consider buying a little faster memory...IE
PC2700 or even PC3200.  Right now I think the PC3200 is actually the
cheapest in the OEM channel. You can slow it down, but you can't speed it
up. If you ever decided to go to a faster FSB you'd have to get new memory
if you bought the PC2100.

Hope this helps you out.
Michael


>But how does one choose which brand of memory to
>get?
>
>I do know one should match the memory to the FSB
>speed of the processor (in this case 266Mb).
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Mike Eisenstadt
>
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