[jbg1981]

Hi, im looking at buying some more ram for my PC. I know i need DDR and looking at a 1gb stick.

My pc spec is: AMD Athlon (tm) XP 2000+, MMX, 3dnow, 1.7ghz, 256ram. (its an old machine, given to me from a friend)

When buying ram what does the 400mhz and the PC3200 mean? i.e. 1GB DDR 400MHZ PC3200. What RAM will i need? Thanks</IMG>

[muay]

hello i can not help you with all the things you asked as am new to this, but if you have a look at my post "not sure" there is a link to a site on there that will help to till you what ram to get. hop-e this help a bit.

[mrdaveyk]

the website is crucial.com, run their scan and they'll tell you

if you have pc3200, thats what you should be looking for, but the scan will tell you

[jbg1981]

unfortunately my pc isnt connected to internet yet so cannot perform any online scans. i havent opened up my computer yet so dont know what my current ram is, but do i need to buy exactly the same as whats in my computer apart from the mb/gb?

so for example... say if my ram stick says: 256mb ddr 233mhz pc2100, does that i would have to buy 1gb ddr 233mhz pc2100? or could i buy 1gb ddr 400mhz pc32000?

[mrdaveyk]

hhmm well the 2100 3200 are completely different

so you would have to buy what is in your system now

open it up and it should state it on a small white sticker on the stick