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Offline Ripsnort

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PC-100 memory>>PC133
« on: December 11, 2000, 12:42:00 PM »
Considering upgrading my PC-100 memory to PC-133, however I noticed there is also a "PC-133 M-ECC" out there ($130 for 256 megs), whats the difference?
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Offline mason22

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« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2000, 01:08:00 PM »
why you changing from 100 to 133?

what CPU and MB do you have?

rip, you gonna over-clock????  

muahahahahaha  

i have a PIII600E that is running at 800mhz using my 133mhz ram. I even bumped it up to 900mhz and it ran fine, ( i was just too much of a panzie to leave it at 900 for fear that i would fry my ram, video card, or cpu.) but boy, it was neat.

whatcha got planned rip?

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Offline Ripsnort

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« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2000, 01:13:00 PM »
Well, my system now has a 3 month old Abit MB (manuals at home, not sure which type) and is a PIII-550 Intel chip.  I plan to upgrade the chip to a faster chip someday, but doing it alittle at a time.  Memory is cheap, and I only have 128megs...I want 256, so I figured I may as well buy PC-133 since I would be using that on my next chip upgrade.

O/C?  Whats that!  I wouldn't know how to over-clock my Timex.  
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Offline sling322

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« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2000, 02:33:00 PM »
Hey Rip - I have an HP something or other running a Pentium III at 733 mhz with PC100 memory and AH runs fine.  I tried to put PC133 memory in it and it doesnt work.  A friend of mine who knows a lot more than me about computers told me that it depends on the type of motherboard you have as to whether or not you can use PC133 memory.  Make sure your motherboard is compatible with it before you do it.  
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« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2000, 02:57:00 PM »
That sounded weird:
Difference between PC-100 and PC-133 is 133 is capable to use higher bus speeds (100Mhz->133Mhz) but it should work also in Celerons (66Mhz bus), Intels PII (66 and 100Mhz bus) and PIII (100 and 133Mhz bus speeds).

If you're gonna clock your PC to the limits you can buy PC-150 mems from Mushkin  
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Offline SKurj

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« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2000, 06:14:00 PM »
Nothin wrong with doing that Rip.
I'm currently running pc66 ram at 112 mhz FSB.
I have 128 now and will be upgrading soon, I will likely upgrade my ram before the MB cpu, and won't buy anythin that won't be pc133 or better.

I believe ECC is more stable (and more $$) not 100% sure though

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« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2000, 10:05:00 PM »
Hi Rip,
I did some tests with my 256 pc133 for you.

On the SiSoft Sandra benchmarks the ram is 100% faster at PC133 than runnin at PC100
However dont expect a visible performance increase in Aces High, but since ram prices are SO low, you might as well upgrade so you you may be able to upgrade your cpu in the future.

moving to 256 will make a MUCH bigger difference than moving to PC133. 256mb did make things much smoother for me.
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Offline Ripsnort

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« Reply #7 on: December 12, 2000, 07:46:00 AM »
Thks for the advice, guys, and thks for the test, Animal.  I think I'll up it to 256-PC133(pending MB compatibility), that way I'm set for today, and set for a chip upgrade in the future! <S>
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« Reply #8 on: December 12, 2000, 11:41:00 AM »
When buying Ram, always.. ALWAYS go for
quality over quantity. so stay with the
big names.. mushkin, corsair, micron/crucial.

Whels

 
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Originally posted by Ripsnort:
Thks for the advice, guys, and thks for the test, Animal.  I think I'll up it to 256-PC133(pending MB compatibility), that way I'm set for today, and set for a chip upgrade in the future! <S>

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Offline bloom25

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« Reply #9 on: December 13, 2000, 04:08:00 AM »
I thought you might want to know that unless you are running under WinNT or Win2000, going over 128MB of Ram is useless for the most part.  Win9x won't make use of that extra ram, and AH certainly won't benefit from it either.

If you have Win2000 it is a good idea though.



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« Reply #10 on: December 13, 2000, 04:37:00 AM »
Usable limit for Win95/98/ME is 512Mb.
I'm using 256Mb and there really is a difference between 128 and 256.
Memory is cheap now so go buy some  
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Offline bowser

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« Reply #11 on: December 13, 2000, 11:28:00 AM »
If you were wondering what the "ECC" meant..I think that was the original question    ..it's a type of memory that supports "Error Checking".  Basically an extra bit of data is sent, used to check that data received is same as data sent.  In the "old" days of 72 pin simms, you could see 9 chips instead of 8 chips on some simms.  It's been used on server class machines for years, starting to become quite common on workstation class machines.  Not very useful for typical home PCs though where data integrity is not a priority.

bloom25,
Try running System Monitor in Win98 and then run a heavy memory usage program like B17II.  My tests showed it used almost 300MB.  If you don't have the RAM, it will use the swap file, much slower.

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« Reply #12 on: December 18, 2000, 09:13:00 PM »
pc133 isnt that much better, as for comparing cost vs bennies a better chip is a better deal.  one thing to rememeber quality 100 is better than cheap 133 , especially when you crank the biatch up. buy your mem from a major store its ez to return if ya bake it dude. Oh yeah what that dude blooming25 was saying about nt is true as true can be , nt uses its mem-man. way better than flashy 98.

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« Reply #13 on: December 19, 2000, 02:48:00 AM »
I switched the 256mb of pc-100 with the 128 of pc-133 and performance went way up, especally windows stuff....  AH gained 7fps.
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Offline Pollock

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« Reply #14 on: December 19, 2000, 07:47:00 AM »
Rip, I just ordered pc133 128megs from Staples online shipped for $58.49.
here is the info enter coupon code:

90706http://www.staples.com/catalog/browse/sku.asp?sku=IM1033451&PageType=1

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