Need help chosing ram

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by UrDady, Aug 21, 2006.

  1. UrDady

    UrDady Guest

    hi i u can see my pc specs from below and my motherboard is Asus A7N8X-LA i need to know wat kind of ram does it support and which one are the best to work with my pc and the pc is mainly for games and can i upgrade my cpu to amd 64 bit without changing motherboard thanks in advance
     
  2. tailschao

    tailschao Regular member

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    i can't find any info specific to the A7N8X-LA, but all other versions of the A7N8X support DDR400 so i would assume that is what it supports. as far as i know there aren't any Socket A processors with 64bit support.
     
  3. BigDK

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    You can use up to 3x 1GB PC3200 DDR ram sticks, any make would do.
    No you won't be using 64 bit cpu's in that board at all.
     
  4. UrDady

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    i only have 2 slots
     
  5. UrDady

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    and i have one 512mb and one 256 and both are pc2700
    so du guyz think i should by another 512 and replace the 256 or something else ?
     
  6. BigDK

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    Hi,
    I couldn't find reference to the LA board either so just picked an Asus A7N8X of another version.
    It does appear that it is actually identical to the following board (you may want to confirm).
    http://uk.asus.com/products4.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=221&l1=3&l2=13&l3=59

    If so, then it will indeed only accept 2 modules, but they are only PC2700 not PC3200 as said before.
    If you plan to up the memory then cheapest option is just to replace the 256MB stick with another 512MB, although you could just stick a 1GB stick in as it won't effect performance in any way having 2 different sizes.
    Personally I would just add the 512MB as it is pointless spending too much money on older systems, as the performance gain is not going to make a dent on gaming playing performance with newer games, just don't expect too much from the system.

    This will work:
    http://www.dabs.com/ProductView.asp...1150,4294955847,42670000,4294960367&InMerch=1
     
  7. UrDady

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    lookin for one in da states fo less than 40 usd
     
  8. BigDK

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    Just do a search for the same part number:)
     

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