Which is Better ? 128MB DDR SDRAM or 256 SDRAM

[nForce]

I am building new computer and need to know since they both cost the same.

Which should I get ? 128MB DDR SDRAM PC-266 or 256 SDRAM PC-133

 

[Beau]

??? Well..... What board are you getting? Can it handle both kinds. If so..... ddr!

 

[Bovinicus]

Uh, I think that is obvious.

 

[nForce]

Fixed .. Sorry I had it reversed ..

I am getting K7S5A which supports both

 

[khtm]

As Bovinicus said, "Uh, I think that is obvious."

Get the 256mb PC133. The performance increase with the DDR Ram won't balance the fact that it's half the amount of physical memory.

-khtm-

 

[mchammer187]

256 MB SDRAM would perform a lot better but 256 DDR would be even better so get 128 for now and get another 128 later

you will notice a huge jump from 128 -> 256 MB of ram more so than from SDRAM -> DDR SDRAM

 

[nForce]

Will Windows XP work must faster with 128MB PC-266 or 256MB PC-133 ?? Caching harddrive ?

 

[Beau]

If you're going with WinXP, go with AS MUCH MEMORY AS YOU CAN. If you can spend the extra $$$ to get 256 DDR then get it, otherwise, get the 256 PC-133.

 

[nForce]

Will Windows XP work must faster with 128MB PC-266 or 256MB PC-133 ?? Caching harddrive ? I am thinking that 256 even though it is slow memory will do great wonders over 128MB ?? But by how much is the question ??

When the memory prices go down.. I can get 256MB PC-266 .. But the problem is that I have to get rid of the 256MB PC-133 since u can't use both.

If I get 128MB PC-266, I can only add 1 more DIMM which I belive has to match for performance reasons ..?? So the total memory comes to 256MB PC-266.

 

[Beau]

Isn't 128 the bare minimum for running XP?
Dont even try to run XP without 256mb. The difference in performance between PC-266 DDR and PC-133 SDR won't be that noticeable. And you'll get greater stability and multitasking with 256.

 

[nForce]

bump

 

[Sugadaddy]

I wouldn't run XP with less than 256MB, so go with the PC133. But can't you find the few bucks to get 256MB of PC2100? Beg if you have to...

 

[Budman]

If you're running XP go for 512megs,going from 256 to 512 is even better in XP.

 

[nForce]

Bud: Looks like you got the same motherboard.. So why did you choose SDRAM over DDR ??

Also how is Quantium 40GIG drive ??

 

[Budman]

I chose SDram because i allready had 1 256meg stick & only needed to buy 1 more to get 512 total, and the Quantum's doing great , nice & fast i am very happy with it.

But if i were gonna buy a new one today i would get a new Maxtors 740X drive.