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Twinson
06-02-2004, 04:39 PM
Not for mee because I would never buy a Dell, but my friend is getting married and he wants more RAM to make his thousand dollar Dell Desktop run better. So, I am the guy (I told him I could build him better computer for cheaper, but he couldnt wait).

Does anyone know the speed and type of RAM that Dell Uses?

I am thinking DDR 2700 184 pin. am I right?
Cardboard Hammer
06-02-2004, 04:48 PM
Maybe. Or maybe not. You haven't provided sufficient info to be sure either way.

Check in through the BIOS menu when booting to see what type of memory it is, else go to the Dell site and go through the motions of getting the upgrade from them and see what kind of memory it tries to sell you for the model your friend has (or just look up the specs for that model on the Dell site).
M1ster_R0gers
06-02-2004, 07:57 PM
www.crucial.com go to the memory selector and and plug in his model number.
pbXassassinX1524
06-02-2004, 08:13 PM
Also I believe that www.kingston.com does a similar system to crucial, IIRC Dell uses kingston in their machines.
EnforcerGT
06-03-2004, 01:43 AM
My friend's dell 4600 uses rambus. 2x128 1086 rambus.
Ponder
06-03-2004, 04:59 PM
Depends on the model number and processor included. Normally a waste to get anything which supports highend timings as the bios is very conservative.
M4d-K10wN
06-03-2004, 06:16 PM
Dell will sell you a good cpu and a good video card, along with the cheapest possible components they can find.
somecallmeTim
06-03-2004, 10:13 PM
I've had excellent results using Crucial for memory upgrads in the Dell's at work - Laptops, desktops, servers.. you name it. Usually WAY less than what you could get from Dell.
lessthanjakejohn
06-03-2004, 11:08 PM
Dell wants 450-520 for 512 megs of ths stock rambus mem :eek:
Little Grabbi
06-04-2004, 12:53 AM
..and for rambus, their stuff is crap.

But this is dell, guud vid card, extremely good proc, POS rest.
ReVRiN
06-04-2004, 09:00 AM
My work place is a total Dell shop... Dell is fantastic for a work environment especially with 3 hour support... as for home I would never touch it.

I just opened 3 systems

Optiplex GX260 - 2 sticks of generic Samsung 256Mb - 333 Mhz
Optiplex GX270 - 2 sticks of generic Nanya 256Mb - 400 Mhz
Optiplex GX150 - 1 stick of Micron 512 Mb

You can pretty much use whatever you want...