will this ram work for us?

[NleahciM]

Hi - I really need to order this RAM ASAP. I need to get 5 sticks of PC2700 RAM for some new Dell Dimension 2400s that are for a local non profit that I help out at. I'm looking at getting this ram: http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80037-K.. Crucial reccomends this ram: http://www.crucial.com/store/MPartspecs.Asp?mtbpoid=16BA92CAA5CA7304&WSMD=Dimension+2400+Series&WSPN=CT323843 which seems to have identical specs. I should be OK with the Kingston ram, correct? Thanks so much!

edit: fixed link!

 

[ScrapSilicon]

I should be OK with the Kingston ram

I haven't had any issues with any Kingston ram ..as always tho..ymmv

 

[Carbonadium4]

just make sure what you order is similar to what they actually shipped you.. else you may get weird timing issues.. either should be fine..

 

[NleahciM]

Originally posted by: Carbonadium4
just make sure what you order is similar to what they actually shipped you.. else you may get weird timing issues.. either should be fine..

There isn't any RAM in the systems right now - so we should be OK timings-wise, correct?

 

[mechBgon]

Your ZZF link doesn't lead to a particular module, which one were you looking at?

If you intend to use WinXP on these systems, then you might want to scoot up to 384MB or 512MB of RAM because the onboard video will be grabbing a chunk of the system memory. If it gets 32MB, that leaves only 224MB to run WinXP, your antivirus software and your apps. You might be able to decrease the video memory to 8MB in the BIOS (plenty for 2D work on all but a very high-res high-refresh-rate monitor), but still, I bet 384MB would reward you with better system performance.

Out of curiosity, does Dell themselves sell 2400's without RAM, or how did that come about?

 

[dmw16]

Kingston is good RAM. Any timing would be fine assuming these machines arent doing anything really memory intensive. basically PC2700 memory is PC2700 memory unless you are O/Cing or somehting.

 

[NleahciM]

Originally posted by: mechBgon
Your ZZF link doesn't lead to a particular module, which one were you looking at?

If you intend to use WinXP on these systems, then you might want to scoot up to 384MB or 512MB of RAM because the onboard video will be grabbing a chunk of the system memory. If it gets 32MB, that leaves only 224MB to run WinXP, your antivirus software and your apps. You might be able to decrease the video memory to 8MB in the BIOS (plenty for 2D work on all but a very high-res high-refresh-rate monitor), but still, I bet 384MB would reward you with better system performance.

Out of curiosity, does Dell themselves sell 2400's without RAM, or how did that come about?

I just fixed the link. Sorry a period messed it up. The module's we're looking at are the Kingston KVR333X64C25/256. I'm also looking at some similarly priced Corsair VS256MB333, or the Crucial CT3264Z335 They differ in price by a total of $2.10 each, so the price difference is negligent.

Actually - we're only buying ram for half of the systems. We bought all the systems with 128MB RAM. If we had wanted 256MB it would have costed us $50 extra per computer! So after we recieved them - I pulled the 128MB sticks out of half of the computers and put them in the other half. So half of the computers right now have 256MB ram, while the other half have 0MB.

For now I think we'll just stick with 256MB. The systems with the 2 128MB sticks are running fast enough for our needs. I mean heck - these systems are replacing some computers that are as slow as PII 400Mhz with 128MB RAM!

Thanks for the help everybody!

 

[mechBgon]

Yeah, those look good. I work at a non-profit too, so I know what it's like to be trying to get rid of slowpoke systems. I had to drag out a couple of PII 350's this week for some new hires, and I lent out my Athlon64 to an employee whose system got damaged in our office move, so now I'm using a 400MHz Celeron (ewww, ewww! Teh noooes!) until we get hers repaired . Icky. :frown:

 

[NleahciM]

Originally posted by: mechBgon
Yeah, those look good. I work at a non-profit too, so I know what it's like to be trying to get rid of slowpoke systems. I had to drag out a couple of PII 350's this week for some new hires, and I lent out my Athlon64 to an employee whose system got damaged in our office move, so now I'm using a 400MHz Celeron (ewww, ewww! Teh noooes!) until we get hers repaired . Icky. :frown:

Any idea which would be better between the Kingston, Corsair, and Crucial? The last upgrade we did we used all Kingston RAM so I'm kind of leaning towards them - but I'm open to suggestions.

 

[mechBgon]

I use Crucial in the systems I've built for our np (see bottom link in my sig for a typical one) and their stuff is working well, but I'd also consider Kingston or Corsair. Tough call I wonder if Dell will give you guff about non-original modules if you have, say, a flaky system where it could be pinned on the memory... but that's a separate issue.

 

[Runner20]

I think dell uses kingston in its desktop pc's

 

[NleahciM]

Originally posted by: Runner20
I think dell uses kingston in its desktop pc's

The ram that was already in the systems was made by Micron.

 

[Carbonadium4]

I seen so far, with dell, mostly crucial, some infineon, some hitachi, some toshiba, can't remember the rest.. but crucial/micron comes in on top