Kingston's "Value" RAM

jakelm

This is the RAM I purchased.

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Kingston-Technologies-512MB-PC3200-2700-2100-DDR-SDRAM-Desktop-Memory-KVR400-512R/sem/rpsm/oid/108887/catOid/-12993/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

concealer404

jakelm wrote: »

I went with 2 more 512 KVR. But my system seems sluggish for some reason. To open a web page ore to go from one page to another, sometimes I have to click 2 or 3 times. It never happened like this before the new RAM, I wonder if it the sticks or just coencidence. The new RAM sticks are excatly the same as the old. And the system is reading 2g's correctly.

I also had a question why the RAM is stuck at 200mhz, when the RAM specs show to be able to go to 400mhz? Can someone explain if I can boost or change the MHz to something faster?

Your ram is stuck at whatever your front side bus is. DDR ram stands for dual data rate, which means that while it's truly running at 200mhz, it'll be rated at 400mhz. That's the on the surface reason.

Web pages being slow has nothing to do with your RAM, unfortunately.

What are the specs on your system?

Download CPU-Z and run that, to make sure that you have your ram all in sync, and not running slower than what your stock fsb should be.

If you run faster than that 200mhz (again, depending on your system, this is probably fine) then you'll also bump your fsb, and overclock your system, and then you're in another can of worms.

jakelm

concealer404 wrote: »

Your ram is stuck at whatever your front side bus is. DDR ram stands for dual data rate, which means that while it's truly running at 200mhz, it'll be rated at 400mhz. That's the on the surface reason.

Web pages being slow has nothing to do with your RAM, unfortunately.

What are the specs on your system?

Download CPU-Z and run that, to make sure that you have your ram all in sync, and not running slower than what your stock fsb should be.

If you run faster than that 200mhz (again, depending on your system, this is probably fine) then you'll also bump your fsb, and overclock your system, and then you're in another can of worms.

I do have CPUz and everything seems fine. I did not know that RAM had nothingt o do with page browsing, thanks for the info. I had overclocked my system, but brought it back to specs. I have only overclocked the CPU.

I built my own system,

ASUS MB 8av-xe
AMD 4200+ x2 (had overclocked to 2.6ghz w/1.45volts using stock fans)
2g Kingston RAM ( 4 x 512)
ATI Radeon 550 128mb Graphics

I have never overclocked the RAM, I never really touched on it. In BIOS I made sure RAM was in sync and not custom.