Need help picking some memory...

[makor26]

I have an Epox EP-8K7A+ motherboard with a 1.33Ghz Thunderbird. I currently have 256MB DDR PC2100 of memory. I would like to have a total of 1GB of RAM, but there are only two slots for memory. Does anyone know what the best memory i could get that will work with this motherboard (will it take PC2700?) and where is the cheapest place i could buy two 512MB DIMMS?

 

[roncarter]

best buy always has some kind of deals with MIR's on DDR ram

 

[microAmp]

Crucial
Mushkin
NewEgg
MWave
TCWO

Try these, Crucial is pretty good.

 

[johndoe52]

I'm kinda partial to crucial myself.

 

[makor26]

OK, now i'm really confused. I went to Crucial and looked up DDR PC2100 memory.

256MB - CL=2.5 ? Unbuffered ? Non-parity ? 2.5V ? 32Meg x 64
256MB - CL=2.5 ? Unbuffered ? ECC ? 2.5V ? 32Meg x 72
256MB - CL=2.5 ? Registered ? ECC ? 2.5V ? 32Meg x 72

Unbuffered? Registered? Parity? Non-parity?? Which one of these do i need???

 

[johndoe52]

You want this one.
256MB - CL=2.5 ? Unbuffered ? Non-parity ? 2.5V ? 32Meg x 64
I'm pretty sure. You don't need the ECC.

 

[bozo1]

Like you said, the 8K7a+ only has 2 memory sockets. To get to 1GB, you'll have to remove whatever memory you have in there now and replace it with 2 512MB sticks. You want unbuffered, non-parity memory.