Upgrading Old PC

[cguil_uk]

I will soon be taking delivery of my new PC thanks to certain members of the forums.

I want to give my old PC to my sister but I would like to upgrade some of the hardware before doing so.
Can I have some suggestions please i.e. RAM. = 512 MB DDR RAM - PC2700 what is the 1 or 2 GB equivalent please?

ADVENT 3000 series Model 3218
Specification

CPU :- AMD Athlon™ XP 3000+ (2.167 GHz)
Memory :- 512 MB DDR RAM - PC2700
Motherboard :- MSI 6716 ver. 1
Hard Drive :- 120 GB Seagate ST3120022A
CD / DVD Drive :- Pioneer DVR-106D
CD / DVD Drive :- Sony® DDU-1612 DVD-ROM
Floppy Drive :- Floppy disk drive
Video / Graphics Card :- nVidia® GeForce™ FX 5200 (256MB)
Sound Card :- Realtek AC'97 audio
Speakers :- Advent SP-120N
Modem :- Creatix V.9x DSP Data Fax Modem
Network Card :- VIA VT6102 Rhine II (integrated)
Disassembly :- Advent 3218, 3419 case information
Ports :- Advent 3218 port summary
Mouse :- Advent PS/2 mouse

 

[Me__2001]

that spec is fine as it is although another 512MB of RAM would push it up to 1GB which would make it better

 

[cguil_uk]

that spec is fine as it is although another 512MB of RAM would push it up to 1GB which would make it better

That is what I would like to do. At the moment there are two memory chips in the slots - both
Crucial 128MB DDR PC2700 CAS2.5 (CT1664Z335)

I want to up grade them but with what please?

Crucial 512MB DDR PC?? CAS?? (CT??)

or
Crucial 1GB DDR PC?? CAS?? (CT??)

Or another?

 

[muckshifter]

2 x 512 DDR PC2700, CL=2.5, Unbuffered, NON-ECC, DDR333, 2.5V

Pick anyone you like ...

Kingston Value Ram is good value.

 

[cguil_uk]

2 x 512 DDR PC2700, CL=2.5, Unbuffered, NON-ECC, DDR333, 2.5V

Pick anyone you like ...

Kingston Value Ram is good value.

Thank you Mucks

 

[cguil_uk]

I will soon be taking delivery of my new PC thanks to certain members of the forums.

I want to give my old PC to my sister but I would like to upgrade some of the hardware before doing so.
Can I have some suggestions please i.e. RAM. = 512 MB DDR RAM - PC2700 what is the 1 or 2 GB equivalent please?

ADVENT 3000 series Model 3218
Specification

CPU :- AMD Athlon™ XP 3000+ (2.167 GHz)
Memory :- 512 MB DDR RAM - PC2700
Motherboard :- MSI 6716 ver. 1
Hard Drive :- 120 GB Seagate ST3120022A
CD / DVD Drive :- Pioneer DVR-106D
CD / DVD Drive :- Sony® DDU-1612 DVD-ROM
Floppy Drive :- Floppy disk drive
Video / Graphics Card :- nVidia® GeForce™ FX 5200 (256MB)
Sound Card :- Realtek AC'97 audio
Speakers :- Advent SP-120N
Modem :- Creatix V.9x DSP Data Fax Modem
Network Card :- VIA VT6102 Rhine II (integrated)
Disassembly :- Advent 3218, 3419 case information
Ports :- Advent 3218 port summary
Mouse :- Advent PS/2 mouse

Please can someone confirm that it is safe to replace

x2 Crucial 128MB DDR PC2700 CAS2.5 (CT1664Z335) with
x2 Crucial 512MB DDR PC3200 CAS3 (CT6464Z40B) or
x2 Crucial 1GB DDR PC3200 CAS3 (CT12864Z40B)
or is there an alternative?

There are no PC2700 higher than 128MB as far as I can see.

 

[Spezi]

You can use PC3200 in PC2700 slots it will just run at the slower speed is all.

 

[michael 118]

You can use PC3200 in PC2700 slots it will just run at the slower speed is all.

Well the PC3200 won't run as fast as it could; it should still run just as effectivly as if PC2700 was in there. I dont think it would make a massive difference...

 

[Adywebb]

No your right , in fact it should be the same as if the stock PC2700 was being used - Spezi was just rightly saying he can use the higher rated RAM so he can take advantage of using a bigger capacity module, but warning it won't run at the higher speed

 

[Spezi]

Well the PC3200 won't run as fast as it could; it should still run just as effectivly as if PC2700 was in there. I dont think it would make a massive difference...

Exactly.

It will run at 333Mhz instead of 400Mhz and the good part is if you should happen to upgrade a bit more that may come in handy or appeal to more potential buyers if you happen to decide to sell it off later as there are a lot of boards that use DDR1 PC3200.

 

[cguil_uk]

Ahhh! so any memory that says PC2700 will do? I have just been into ebuyer and there are several PC2700 512 & 1GB there.

 

[Adywebb]

Yes probably, as long as your motherboard likes them, but as Spezi says it might be better for future upgrading to go for the PC3200 now so you can take advantage of the higher speed in an upgrade later

 

[michael 118]

Exactly.

It will run at 333Mhz instead of 400Mhz and the good part is if you should happen to upgrade a bit more that may come in handy or appeal to more potential buyers if you happen to decide to sell it off later as there are a lot of boards that use DDR1 PC3200.

Oh right i see Spezi mate, i thought you meant it will make the system run slower if you were to use PC3200 on a mb that supports PC2700.

 

[cguil_uk]

Motherboard

RE:
CPU :- AMD Athlon™ XP 3000+ (2.167 GHz)
Memory :- 512 MB DDR RAM - PC2700
Motherboard :- MSI 6716 ver. 1

Would it be safe to upgrade to 2GB RAM rather than 1GB Ram?

 

[V_R]

The more the better generally. 2gig if you want but 1gig will still be good.

 

[muckshifter]

1.5mb ram is considered the "sweet spot" for XP, however, because "good" MBs use dual-channel mode to help ram work better, we need to use two sticks of memory ... although 1gig is quite adequate, you will see gamers opting for 2gb


Don't forget, XP will, quite easily if not curtailed somewhat, especally with all the other programs one loads up, use 500mb ram. Most people are quite happy with one gig ram with XP.