Where can I get some 64MB EDO simms 45ns?

[Philippine Mango]

I'm wondering if it would be possible to purchase some 64MB EDO simms that are 45ns. I was reading a tomshardware review for an older motherboard and he or the reviewer was complaining about having to purchase 4 8MB 45ns modules which left him no ability to upgrade, man this sounds familar... Anyways I was wondering if technology progressed to the point to where they made 64MB EDO simms that were capable of 45ns operation or not.

 

[AllGamer]

ebay is your best bet

i got an old Dual P2-233 with 512 MB using 8 stick of those
it got SATA drives
PCI 64Mb ATI Radeon 9200
PCI ATI TV
and lots of CD/DVD roms full server

it runs damn fast, and even good for most games, for such an old ancient system ^^

 

[Philippine Mango]

What kind of games can you play on that? Does having dual processors really benefit it in any tangible way?

 

[The Boston Dangler]

games on a machine using EDO RAM? oregon trail, maybe tetris if you're lucky

 

[Philippine Mango]

Originally posted by: The Boston Dangler
games on a machine using EDO RAM? oregon trail, maybe tetris if you're lucky

Considering you can play Quake II or Interstate '82 on systems with EDO ram, your arguement lacks any tangible support. You sure yuo're not thinking of FPM?

 

[AllGamer]

most Direct X 7 games works perfectly fine in it (speed wise)

Direct X 8 and 9 games can run, but usually slow....

I use it to run those MMORPG games that needs you to leave Shops open to sell your drops

and among other stuff like MP3 server / Photo server / Web server / Bit-torrent / etc... for home use.

 

[0roo0roo]

ebay, computer surplus stores
heh think i just gave mine away a long time ago

 

[Philippine Mango]

How do I even know if my board can take advantage of 45ns modules? I was reading the first article written about my ASUS P55T2P4 motherboard and he was basically complaining about how at the time he had to use 4X8MB 45ns modules and that limited his upgrading ability probably because higher end modules were slower and much more expensive.

 

[AllGamer]

the fastest the better, but it'll be hard to find those speed man, even finding the stick of 64MB is hard enough.
most of them are around 60ns or 50ns (if lucky)
the lower the number the better obviously

there is no limitation in speed, only in the Type of RAM
in this case Single Sided EDO 64MB
the board "Technically" maxes out at 512 Mb

probably higher but, it is nearly impossible to find 128Mb EDO sticks

 

[Philippine Mango]

Originally posted by: AllGamer
the fastest the better, but it'll be hard to find those speed man, even finding the stick of 64MB is hard enough.
most of them are around 60ns or 50ns (if lucky)
the lower the number the better obviously

there is no limitation in speed, only in the Type of RAM
in this case Single Sided EDO 64MB
the board "Technically" maxes out at 512 Mb

probably higher but, it is nearly impossible to find 128Mb EDO sticks

Well the reason I ask is because I'm wondering if the board can actually take advantage of faster timings or not.. I mean I see a 60ns setting, 70ns setting and then a 'custom' setting. I don't know if the board would detect it as 45ns and make some initial changes and then let me tweak the timings from there or it just goes to the lowest 60ns equivalent settings and lets me adjust from there, effectively making faster ns wasted, right? I dunno.... Maybe someone could clarify this as I wasn't very advanced in computers back when Pentiums were prevelant. (Just starting out)

 

[AllGamer]

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango
Well the reason I ask is because I'm wondering if the board can actually take advantage of faster timings or not.. I mean I see a 60ns setting, 70ns setting and then a 'custom' setting. I don't know if the board would detect it as 45ns and make some initial changes and then let me tweak the timings from there or it just goes to the lowest 60ns equivalent settings and lets me adjust from there, effectively making faster ns wasted, right? I dunno.... Maybe someone could clarify this as I wasn't very advanced in computers back when Pentiums were prevelant. (Just starting out)

ahhh... i see your point, hmm... yes technically yes it does take advantage of the faster .ns

but chances to hit 45ns is not that easy, but it is something you can tweak your BIOS settings and try to see how far you can get.

those older mobos didn't really give much options in regars to OC-ing ram speed.

You'll pretty much be stuck with whatever speed you put in it.

well if you can find 45ns then good for ya, but i've not seen those in a very very very long time....

i doubt you can find any on ebay unless you already have them at hand.

it'll be hard to bring down a 60ns or 50ns to 45ns with those old limited BIOS options.

 

[Philippine Mango]

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