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Hard Drive and memory questions

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  • 26-05-2004 1:46am
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    jank
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 13,018 ✭✭✭✭


    Well its time for me to upgrade and im getting a new hard drive and a much needed boost of memory!
    So this is what i picked out for myself

    http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=111283&cks=PRL


    http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=114074&cks=PRL

    I currently have 256 mb of ram which is a samsung ddr-dsram pc2100

    just wondering will they both work with each other and if not which one will(looking fo a cheap 512mb memory card)

    The hard drives seem to be all the same and within 10 euro of each other so waht the difference if any?


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    PowerHouseDan
    Registered Users Posts: 6,659 ✭✭✭PowerHouseDan


    http://www.shop4memory.com/products/ddr-ram.asp


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    Sir Random
    Registered Users Posts: 771 ✭✭✭Sir Random


    It would help if you mention what mobo and cpu you have. Intel and AMD use memory differently, and mobo's can be fussy about what ram they take.


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    jank
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 13,018 ✭✭✭✭jank


    ok the motherboard is a d845ept2 made by intel and
    i have a Intel (R) Pentium (R)4 2.4 Ghz cpu chip

    As you may have guessed my computer is one of the dell's factory floor
    hope this helps:cool:


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    unklerosco
    Registered Users Posts: 7,828 ✭✭✭unklerosco


    I've two maxtor D9 hard drives and a mate has 4 of them. We is both very happy with them, fast n reliable.


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    Col_Loki
    Registered Users Posts: 2,754 ✭✭✭Col_Loki


    Well in general you prob wont notice a difference in hard disks. The main difference is speed and noise ratio. Maxtor arent bad , a mid way point if you like. They wouldnt be a bad choice.....

    On the Ram end of things you should be generally ok one you get Pc2100 memory ......... ie DDR266 . Preferably samsung, but either should run fine. Just as a BTW Ram is at a high price at the min, waiting a month or two might mean you will get 512mb over 256 for the same price............ its a wonky market


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    jank
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 13,018 ✭✭✭✭jank


    ok ive decided to go with my first 2 initial choices

    Just re-afirm that i want my 2 memory sticks to work togethor, dont think think this will be a problem as they are both Pc2100 so combined ram of pc will be around 768mb(256 + 512)

    and i want my current harddrive to be as a secondary one (slave) to the new HD (master)and my OS's which will be windows and linux (planning to install some version of it when i get the hardware) botting from it

    Again this shouldnt be a problem or should it!?

    just want to double/triple check before i spend my hard earned cash on this (badly needed) upgrade :p


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