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MSI Delta-ILSR

Thanks!

384 Mushkin expensive style (2 Sticks)
786 Kingston Value Ram (3 Sticks)

Well... it depends on what you're doing with your computer.

For most simple tasks, the faster memory should be faster.

But if you like running a lot of large programs simultaneously such that you'd start swapping to disk with only 384MB, then you'd be better off with the larger, slower memory. That assumes your motherboard can take advantage of memory faster than PC2100.

yup. gotta agree with garsh. If all you are using is office, ie and other small programs, I would use the faster memory.

But if you do a lot of graphics work, or other memory intensive program, I'll take more slower memory than less faster memory

one more question... what kind of success have you had trying to OC the basic Kingston ValueRam... I currently have 3 sticks.

thanks.

(PS - Can't get myself to spend money on RAM yet )

OC????

I just found out that a stick of 333MHz ram in my machine that was underclocked to 266MHz has been causing my crashes. I dare not try overclocking.

Yup, garsh and dasnufus are correct, if you aren't opening up that many windows and most of your programs aren't graphics-intensive (like video editing or photoshopping), then, it'd probably be best to go with 384. You basically want to test out how much memory you use on a daily basis, and see if you can fit it in 384. If you're running 98 or earlier, 384 should probably be plenty as the OS doesn't take up as much space. If you're running 2000 or XP, 384 is basically the borderline between enough memory and thrashing, and you essentially need to see if your daily workload is using up the 384 as more memory doesn't help speed very much if at all once you reach a certain point.

As to overclocking, I'm not sure if you want to do that with a VALUE version of memory. It might still work fine, but it's called VALUERAM for a reason .

Supposedly, Kingston actually makes a brand of memory that overclocks well.

I'm pretty sure they're not selling ValueRAM like that, but then, I've done very little overclocking of other components, so I'm not exactly the best authority on this.

Good Luck,
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