[Oblong]

Hi,

I purchased a Dell Dimension E520 a couple of years ago. It's running Vista but only has (2x512) 533MHz DDR2 sticks. I want to upgrade it by adding 2 x 1Gb sticks. I've been looking for the correct memory I need and it's a minefield to the uneducated! I looked on the Kingston website and it gave me a part number of KTD-DM8400A/1G against the E520, however, when I follow the link on the Kingston website to one of their agents it doesn't say that stick is compatible with the E520!!!

I've been told by a friend that any DDR2 533MHz sticks will work but I'd like to have this confirmed if possible. If that's the case I've found that Kingston do a ValueRam range with the same spec which can be found here.


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingston-Val...2452161&sr=8-1

Essentially, I just need to know if that will work. Any help would be most appreciated.

[Hybr!d]

http://www.crucial.com/uk/systemscanner/index.aspx

Try the crucial memory tool.

[4D(Fordy(Ford) Ollie]

It probably doesn't have to be 533mHz - post your mobo here so we can be sure. It'll be a lot faster if you can upgrade even just to 667.

Other than that he's right, just get some DDR2 sticks, theres more to it, but its unlikely to be a problem with the sort of spec/size sticks you're looking for.

[Bubba]

To find out what your motherboard is download and run CPUid. It will tell you what your MoBo, Processor, RAM, and cache are. Use the latest version (1.49)

http://www.cpuid.com

[Oblong]

Originally Posted by Dave Hybrid

http://www.crucial.com/uk/systemscanner/index.aspx

Try the crucial memory tool.

Excellent! Thanks very much for getting back to me. I've ordered 2 x 1gb sticks from Crucial.

Thanks again.

[Hybr!d]

You're welcome.

[ilop12]

any ddr2 533mhz will work fine but im glad your problem was solved.