YMMV CompUSA PNY 1 GB PC3200 DDR Memory

[BadSweetums]

CompUSA is offering 1GB PNY PC3200 DDR (not DDR2) memory for $114.99 with a $25 PNY MIR. Mfg Part #: D1GBPC32OPT Link

BestBuy is offering 1GB PNY PC3200 DDR (not DDR2) memory for $109.99 out the door, no MIR. Model: D1GBPC32OPT Link

YMMV; but I pricematched at my CompUSA B&M and my obsolete system flies effortlessly compared to the way it crawled and limped this morning. An Athlon XP-Mobile socket A CPU, XP Pro and 2GB of RAM (now) on an ABIT NF7-S v2.

I know $5 ain't much but it makes me feel a little better about missing the good memory prices three months ago.

Abbreviations translated to implicate the innocents

MIR = mail-in-rebate

YMMV = your mileabge may vary

B&M = brick and mortar, a physical store

 

[aimanzym]

good. PM makes the deal better. thx

 

[vadp]

Originally posted by: BadSweetums

YMMV; but I pricematched at my CompUSA B&M and my obsolete system flies effortlessly compared to the way it crawled and limped this morning. An Athlon XP-Mobile socket A CPU, XP Pro and 2GB of RAM (now) on an ABIT NF7-S v2.

How much memory did you have before the upgrade?
Anything over 1GB in WinXP won't make a slightest difference unless you play some latest games.

 

[Elixer]

Originally posted by: vadp

Originally posted by: BadSweetums

YMMV; but I pricematched at my CompUSA B&M and my obsolete system flies effortlessly compared to the way it crawled and limped this morning. An Athlon XP-Mobile socket A CPU, XP Pro and 2GB of RAM (now) on an ABIT NF7-S v2.

How much memory did you have before the upgrade?
Anything over 1GB in WinXP won't make a slightest difference unless you play some latest games.

That isn't true. There are many things that love more memory. Like Video editing, CAD, and tons of other stuff.

I am just surprised that the PNY memory worked on a NF7-S v2. Did you verify it "works" by running memtest from memtest86.com? Have it do all tests over night, then check in the morning for errors.

 

[vadp]

Originally posted by: Elixer

That isn't true. There are many things that love more memory. Like Video editing, CAD, and tons of other stuff.

I doubt he runs any of the above mentioned software on his socket A.

 

[BadSweetums]

I have 2GB. I added 1GB. I started with 1GB.

I don't do a lot of memory intensive computing; but, I have a lot of software running most of the time. Yahoo IM, GRISoft AVG, webcam, laser printer, TV add-on card and the list goes on much longer.

Perhaps I should run MEMtest86. I plugged this stick in and ran nVidia nTune. My fsb stayed at 200 MHz. My timings dropped down to 2.5-3-3-8.

It may be that the extra memory is helping my 64mb TI4200 GF4. All I can say is that the system feels much more responsive. Load times seem faster. Web pages snap on-screen. 1 GB just did not do it as nicely as 2 seem to do it.