RAM upgrading

[kasinath]

Hello,

My system is compaq presario SR1630il.

OS-windows XP PRO sp2

At present I am having 512MB RAM. I want to upgrade to 2GB(maximum possible for this model).

The product specification

Base processor -- pentium 4 519(p) 3.06GHZ,533MHZ front side bus,socket 775

chipset Intel 915GV

motherboard -- msi--MS-7174

HP/compaq motherboard graphite-GL8E

MEMORY

memory installed--256MB(1x256)

memory allowed 2.0GB(2x1GB)

speed supported -- pc2-3200MB/sec

Type--DDR2 SDRAM

DIMM slot -TWO

open DIMM slot--one

so I want to increase the ram capacity to 2GB(2x1GB)

The HP tech support people say that I have to purchase two 1GB DDR2 SDRAM 400MHZ.

But the local retailers said two 1GB DDR2 SDRAM of 533MHZ or 667MHZ can be used

kindly advice me the exact specification for purcaseing the RAM.

kasinath.

[jcarle]

As long as you're 100% certain that your PC uses DDR2 memory and not DDR, then yes, everything is fine. You can use higher rated memory in a slower rated motherboard. ie: 667MHz memory on a 400MHz system. You only have to make sure you get the same type of memory as what you already own. (SDRAM / DDR / DDR2 / etc...)

Edited January 23, 2008 by jcarle

[Kelsenellenelvian]

Yes its DDR2 and yes you can use a slightly higher speed.

[kasinath]

Thanks for the advice.I will go for it and let you know the results

kasinath

[ripken204]

what ram do you plan on getting and how much is it? you could probably get cheaper and better ram at newegg.