[geeks] Wanted: PC2100/DDR266 RAM

Lionel Peterson lionel4287 at verizon.net
Wed Mar 5 07:57:54 CST 2008


>From: Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net>
>Date: 2008/03/05 Wed AM 06:29:23 CST
>To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [geeks] Wanted: PC2100/DDR266 RAM

>On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 09:29:08PM -0600, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>> PC3200 RAM will down-clock and run just fine in the Asus barebones, and
>> PC3200 RAM may be cheaper than PC2100 (not as old/rare)...
>
>For new RAM the price is still about the same; I'm just trying to avoid
>paying $60 for 1G of RAM for this box (because for $100, I could get a
>C7-based board and 1G of RAM).
>
>This Asus box is SO CUTE though!

It's like a "mini" computer ;^)

My thinking was you might have PC3200 RAM on-hand, which is always cheaper then buying some ;^)

Given the choice, I'd suggest you look for a 1 Ggi stick, since you can upgrade to 2 Gig on that board (and ti won't do dual-channel).

Lionel



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