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I have to match memory type, but size and brand?

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Felecha

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I have a custom-built box, ABIT KT7-RAID, Athlon TBird 900, 256MB RAM. It's a lovely machine, but now that I am programming in .NET I find it's slow when I really demand things of it. Just occurred to me to look at the memory usage with Task Manager, and when I cranked it up I was able to get the max memory usage into the mid-400MB range. So I figured it would certainly make sense to add RAM. The board has 3 slots, presently holding 2 128MB sticks, SDRAM 168 pin DIMMs. I know I have to match the type, but is there any problem with two 128's and one 512? And can different brands go together?

The present two sticks say VM 128MBPC133 on them, so I will guess they are Viking. The Crucial site has 512's cheaper.

I figured a 512 as the way to max the RAM without throwing away what I have.
 
If the Crucial memory selector says their 512 MB stick will work with your mobo then it should mix with the existing sticks without a problem.
 
Edit: Just get CL 2. The price is the same, and if the system is running at CAS 3 instead of CAS 2, the CL 2 RAM will simply slow down to CL 3.
 
well, that's what I thought would maybe be the story. Crucial has all the specs for each type as links to information pages and when I read the explanation of 2 and 3, I figured what you just said.

Thanks
 
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