Newegg said this will work but it looks a little wierd if you ask me?

[Shpati]

I am about to buy some new ram and new egg says that a OCZ Vista Upgrade 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory will work with a dell E510. I thought it looked kind of odd because most of the ram new egg said that will work with a dell E510 are the DDR2 667 (PC2-5300 through 5400. Why would the OCZ one work with the dell e510 if it has faster speeds? If it is faster and if it will work with a dell E510 than I will get 4Giggs of the OCZ ram. What do you guys think. What should I do.

 

[GhislainG]

Don't rely on Newegg - check with OCZ: http://conf.ocztechnology.com/result.php?c=1&modelid=55325&mfrid=31

To play it safe, why not buy Dell or Kingston memory? http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/configurator_new/modelsinfo.asp?SysID=25712&mfr=Dell&model=Dimension+E510+%2F+E510n&root=us&LinkBack=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kingston.com&Sys=25712-Dell-Dimension+E510+%2F+E510n&distributor=0&submit1=Search

At $13.99 on Newegg for a 1GB module of KTD-DM8400A/1G, you can't go wrong.

 

[unclefester]

Shpati, if you go to OCZ's forums and start a thread there the tech's should give you the answer your looking for.

 

[Crashman]

I am about to buy some new ram and new egg says that a OCZ Vista Upgrade 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory will work with a dell E510. I thought it looked kind of odd because most of the ram new egg said that will work with a dell E510 are the DDR2 667 (PC2-5300 through 5400. Why would the OCZ one work with the dell e510 if it has faster speeds? If it is faster and if it will work with a dell E510 than I will get 4Giggs of the OCZ ram. What do you guys think. What should I do.

You can put DDR2-800 in a DDR2-667 machine because it's detected as DDR2-667. All memory comes with a separate chip that stores configuration data for motherboard BIOS to read, and most DDR2-800 also includes DDR2-667 and DDR2-533 data.

 

[jitpublisher]

^ +1. Good answer right here.