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RAM help.

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Noobus

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Hello everyone, I've been meaning to get some new RAM recently. The guy I asked for RAM said two things "How much RAM and how many pins?" What exactly are "pins"?
 
What kind of hardware do you have?

RAM comes in many flavors.

Pins are the electrical connections between memory and the motherboard, the two most common types of RAM for desktops right now are:

DDR1 = 184 pin
DDR2 = 240 pin

They are not interchangeable, and the guy probably should have just asked if you needed DDR2 or something.
 
BillLeeLee said:
What kind of hardware do you have?

RAM comes in many flavors.

Pins are the electrical connections between memory and the motherboard, the two most common types of RAM for desktops right now are:

DDR1 = 184 pin
DDR2 = 240 pin

They are not interchangeable, and the guy probably should have just asked if you needed DDR2 or something.
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Honestly, I don't know what kind of hardware I have. Do you mean model type? Also, how do I find out how many pins there are in my computer?
 
Noobus said:
Honestly, I don't know what kind of hardware I have. Do you mean model type? Also, how do I find out how many pins there are in my computer?
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Did you build your computer or buy it prebuilt? Any way you can get us a model number or a hardware spec list?
 
Noobus said:
I bought it pre-built. How do I find the model number or hardware specs?
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Your computer chassis probably says a model number somewhere (if it's a Dell/Compaq/HP/Gateway/Sony, not sure about places like VM or Hypersonic or such).

If you can't find a model number, run CPU-Z and take screenshots of each tab page. Upload them to somewhere like http://images.dr3vil.com or Imageshack and post them here. Then we can figure out your hardware and what RAM you should get.
 
Just posting to let you know that if no one responds in the meantime, I'll take a look at the screenshots when I get home from work. Photobucket is filtered here at work.
 
Oh so it's 184 pin. Does this mean my computer can only use DDR and not DDR2 without adding new parts?
 
Noobus said:
Oh so it's 184 pin. Does this mean my computer can only use DDR and not DDR2 without adding new parts?
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Correct. You'd have to change your motherboard, which will likely mean you have to get a new CPU, and most DDR1 motherboards were AGP only, so you'd have to get a new video card since almost all modern motherboards using DDR2 use PCI Express video slots.
 
Okay, I'm currently looking for RAM to buy. One thing, what is Cas Latency and Heat Spreader?
 
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