What type of RAM?

[Guest]

I've been looking at some sites, and I see alot of type of RAM. I see some that say low density, high density, 32x4, 16x8, 32x64, CAS2, CAS3, etc. What does all this mean? And the motherboard I've got is the IWill KK266. Any help would be great


-Best regards

symband

 

[camieabz]

Go to <A HREF="http://www.crucial.com/" target="_new">http://www.crucial.com/</A>
Pick the national location U.K. etc
Pick the Mobo Manufaturer
Pick the mobo.
Voila!

P.S. check their FAQ for some answers.

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[Guest]

Thanks, I appreciate it. Do you have any info on the other half of my question by chance (16x8, 32x4, 32x64, etc)

-symband

 

[camieabz]

That'll be the chip count. I'm not hot on that subject, but give me a couple of hours and I'll get back to you.

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[lhgpoobaa]

those numbers denote densities and mega bit counts.
e.g.
a 16 x 8 is most likely a single sided dimm with 16 8megaBIT (not byte) units (chips?)
i.e. 16 x 8 = 128Mbits capacity /8 = 16MB
so 32 x 64 is a double sided DIMM with 32 x 64 = 2048mbits /8 = 256MB
CAS refers to the latency of the stick of ram.
lower = faster = better.
SDRAM is what u want for the KK266.
look for decent PC133 sdram with Cas2.

beware... these are words of advice from my Hamster.

My Hamster has 512MB of SDRAM @ 150Mhz CAS 2!

 

[camieabz]

Yeah!
Thats what I was going to say.
Gulp...Whew!

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