RAM Upgrade for a Dell

[fishmonger12]

a friend of mine is interested in getting a small upgrade for his dell. it only has 128 megabytes of ram in it, and it has been running rather badly out of the box. so he's interested in a RAM upgrade.

according to cpuid, the current ram he has is kingston pc2700. but it's at 133 mhz instead of 166mhz. would he be able to just buy a new stick of kingston ddr pc2100, stick it in there, and have it work? or is there something on dells that would limit upgradeability?

 

[moonsite]

Yup, or just buy another stick of PC2700 or PC3200 instead. They are about the same price anyway. It will just run at the slow speed.

 

[Dennis Travis]

What is the model of the Dell?

 

[fishmonger12]

dimension 2400, i believe.

so your saying no matter what speed i get, it will run at 133 mhz when i stick it into the dell board?

 

[Zucarita9000]

Look for any of these

 

[ssvegeta1010]

Originally posted by: fishmonger12
dimension 2400, i believe.

so your saying no matter what speed i get, it will run at 133 mhz when i stick it into the dell board?

Yes, the 2400 will always run the RAM at the slower speed.
Have him get PC-2700 anyway, as the price is basically equal. (if you want an exact upgrade use Crucial)

Edit: There is nothing to limit upgrades in Dells (do NOT buy the overpriced upgrade from Dell)

 

[fishmonger12]

rock. thanks for all the answers.

so this ram will work?:

http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=20-141-302&depa=1

 

[moonsite]

Yup it should. Personally I would go for 512Mb or more.

 

[NeezyDeezy]

Hi, I have a Dell Optiplex GX400.

I couldn't find my system on the list. It came with a P4 1.4 and 256 MB ram. I'm looking to add another 256 I think, unless it costs as much as some websites have told me...

Any recommendations?

With the cost of over $100 it seems like I might just have to wait until I can do a new build altogether.