Dell Dimension XPS T450 - Upgrade advice sought.

[Mod]

A friend, who's not very computer literate, recently bought a second
hand Dell Dimension XPS T450 and wants me to upgrade his Graphics Card
and RAM
I'm not that familiar with Dell machines and would therefore be
obliged if someone could advise me as to which components are
compatible with this system.
Am I OK in assuming that I can install 2 sticks of 256 Mb PC100 SDRAM
and, say,
a 64Mb DDR GeForce 4 MX 440 AGP Graphics Card without any
compatibility issues?
A quick root around Dell's support site informs me that the board will
support a maximum of 768 MB RAM and has the following advice:

The system can take either Non-ECC(KTD-XPSRN/xx) or ECC(KTD-XPSR/xx)
memory. ECC and Non-ECC modules can be mixed but will not perform ECC
function. To have ECC function, ALL modules MUST be ECC.

Dell's recommended memory upgrade route is via kinston who'll charge
around £75 per 256 MB stick of RAM. I can, however, get generic
Non-ECC PC100 SDRAM locally for half that price.
Would it be OK for me to install the generic stuff?
Thanks in nadvance for any advice.
Cheers.
Mod.

 

[Mod]

Thanks Steven, for clarifying that for me. I just wanted to make sure
that it could be upgraded and i'm glad I asked now as I was completely
unaware of the differences in SDRAM types / chip densities.

Thanks too for the advice re crucial, it's much appreciated.
Cheers.
Mod.

 

[jime1991]

Upgrade thoughts

I have a dell xps t450 also and I have upgraded alot. I maxed the memory out with some 256mb sdram modules that I got out of a compaq that broke. I also put in an ati radeon x800 agp. I have a 120gb hdd also that I filled up about half way.My dell runs fast and it runs games well. If you were going to upgrade try freecycle.org and join one of the groups and ask for computer stuff. I got all of my stuff off there for free.If your going to pay to upgrade dont spend more than 300 because you can get a new computer for that price.