In
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on 01/15/08 
   at 02:20 PM, rallee2{at}comcast.net typed:
>  First off it seems as if you are upgrading a somewhat older board since
>it is DDR v1 while newest is DDR v3.  This is in no way meant as any kind
>of demeaning statement since I have that, too.  The point is, or rather
>"points are"
>  1) 2 steps behind current means considerable savings on ram per size
>unit
>   2) Until it passes far enough out of mainstream that supply diminishes
>and prices go back up
>  3)  We are always going to need more and more ram

>Therefore it might be wise to either
>   a) use all 4 sticks at full speed
>          or, better
>   b) purchase 2 1G sticks or so and get both size and speed while prices
>are low, that is unless you plan to retire this mobo soon, but if you
>plan to eke out every last bit of usage, as most of us do, it is
>generally wiser to bite the bullet and get it all now since it isn't
>like;y you are going to stop using computers in the next 5 years and you
>can all but guarantee that in 5 years time you will be running
>considerably more than 1G of ram regardless of OS, though obviously more
>if the OS is redmond/borland based, ie fenetres.

Thanks. What I had originally was two 256mb sticks PC3200. The machine
only has 3 slots. I ended up replacing the 256mb sticks with 512mb sticks,
and moving the 256mb sticks to another machine with a 4 slot MB. It
originally had 2 256mb sticks, so now both machines are happily using 1GB.
 
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