how to find DDR3 800mhz

beekayverma

Honorable
Nov 12, 2013
1
0
10,510
i came to portugal and just bought toshiba NB510-108 mini laptop. it comes with 320gb HDD and 1GB ram DDR3 800MHz. i want to upgrade the RAM but checked on sites and i can't find the ''1GB DDR3 800MHz'' RAM. please assist.
 

armapker

Distinguished
May 19, 2012
368
0
18,960
Maybe it is taking the half clock speed and accually is 1600mhz RAM? If not, it is most likely DDR2. If it is DDR3 you should be fine using DDR3 1066 or DDR3 1333 and your computer should automatically clock down to 800MHz (if that is what your CPU supports)