Great Quality 512MB ram for under $100 Hot Deal!

ResearchEverything

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I would stay away from them... I read tainted reviews about them a while back. Anyway, I just bought a 256MB PC133 SDRAM DIMM for $48. It is Micron Technology memory with a lifetime warranty. I got it from Microchipcomputers.com. They are local for me so I don't pay shipping for picking it up. I always buy my memory and processors from them. Good luck. BTW, not all motherboards support 512MB DIMM's.
 

Praxis

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Zeus DIMMS are NOT high quality. They are basically glop, though not high density, so they will run in a wider range of systems. According to CTSPD the "PC133" 64 MB Zeus module I bought was not rated to run as a 2 CAS latency even a 66 MHz. The 256 MB module rated to 2-2-2 at 66 FSB, 2-3-3 at 100 and 2-4-4 at 133 MHz (CAS latency, RAS tol CAS delay tRCD, RAS precharge tRP). The chips are now inhabiting an older Celeron 366 system that I use for fooling around with various Linux distros, since Linux is really a memory hog and Redhat 7.1 can suck up 200 MB without breaking a sweat (at least until figure out how to disable a bunch of background services that I don't really need). McGlen/AccessMicro have a pretty lousy reputation as well. Also, you need to include a SASE in order to receive the $10 rebate.
 

Rendus

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I'd personally stay away from this RAM. Isn't this the same type that's specific to a particular set of motherboards?


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To the person above me saying Linux uses 200MB of RAM without breaking a sweat, that's true if you count disk cache. My TBird 900's full 512MB of RAM shows as used in Linux, but if you take a closer look, almost all of it is cache. Running XFree86 4.1.0, Gnome 1.4, Mozilla 0.91, X-Chat, 3 RXVT terminals, etc, I rarely break 128MB used.

I also run Slackware 7.1 on an Acer NT-150 (settop box that has a 486/133 AMD processor, 8MB RAM, 1 ISA slot and an IDE channel), soon to be running as a secondary DNS server. It occasionally swaps.
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junthin

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Zeus Ram --> Bleh! :disgust:
Cruddy, generic ram, not worth your money, especially if you can get better RAM for a few dollars more. ;)

Go with name brand RAM people, spend the few extra dollars. It'll save you some headache and pain when you try to use the RAM in other systems or resell the RAM later. Besides, isn't it nice knowing you have good, reliable parts in your computer, rather than crap? ;)