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Originally Posted by NiGeY
 I am wanting to upgrade my ram from x2 512 to x2 1gb i was wanting to know if the Kingston 2GB DDR2 667mhz/PC2-5300CL5 non ecc 1.8v would work fine on my computer mother board is an L4S5MG/651+ and says in book it can accept DDR 200/266/333 SDRAM unbuffered 2.5v 184pin slots max 2GB, what does all that stuff at the end meen CL5 non ecc 1.8v mean, also how easy is it to overclock this ram and how safe. |
If your manual states that it can accept DDR 200/266/333 SDRAM, then the Kingston RAM will
not work - that RAM is DDR2, which is incompatible with older DDR1 motherboards.
your motherboard will accept PC2700 DIMMs like
this.
- CL5 means that the RAM has a CAS Latency of 5 cycles. Lower figures are better. CL2 is the lowest you can get.
- ECC memory has built-in error correction capabilities. It's consequently more stable, is common in servers and is more expensive. Non-ECC memory is cheaper and more common in consumer-level desktop machines.
- 1.8V is the voltage that the RAM requires from the motherboard to operate properly. The DDR RAM in your machine requires 2.5V to run at 166MHz (DDR333). It is sometimes possible to overclock RAM, depending on your machine. When this is done, it's often necessary to raise the voltages somewhat to keep the machine stable.