K7S5A and DDR question

[Cat13]

I have a K7S5A and will be getting another shortly for an XP 1800, the other will run either a 1g duron or 1.2 t-bird, have both, just haven't decided how to use them . The one right now is running pc133 and I want to stick ddr in both of them. What brand and "quality" would be recommened? Do I need the "high performance" ddr or can I use the basic sticks with no problems? I will not be overclocking unless I use the Duron.

Thanks for the inputs

 

[tritium4ever]

I've got a pair of generic 256MB PC2100 sticks in my K7S5A and everything runs perfectly, not a hint of instability. Whatever you get should be fine.

 

[Peter]

Whatever brand and speed grade you get, TEST IT. There's soooo much broken RAM in the market right now, never go without memtest86-ing what you bought, in the system you'll be using it, at the speed it's advertized to be.

www.memtest86.com

regards, Peter

 

[Brian48]

Running two sticks of Crucial PC2100 in my K7S5A right now. No problems at all. Works great.

 

[Cat13]

With not having used ddr in my current rig using the K7S5A, I appreciate the help on this. Thanks Peter for the link, I will check that out. I will probaly get a name brand ram, but their "basic" sticks. Thanks for the inputs so far!

 

[mechBgon]

Crucial's been working for me. The performance gain over PC133 CL2 is not that great... 0% to 10% in my experience. So if you have some good-quality PC133 to re-use, you might consider regaining that 10% with the next-faster CPU instead.

 

[TheWart]

get crucial. if anything ever goes wrong they have impeccable replacement service.