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Originally Posted by NiGeY
 Hi there i have uploded some screen shots of my computer and was hoping someone can advise me on the best ram to buy, i am looking for 2gb but not to sure on the exact ones, i would be most appreciated with some expert advice
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Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner - I was out last night, and I've been out at college all day and busy with the family all evening.
Did you build and set your PC up yourself? I ask because it looks to me like you have your RAM running at PC2100 - the bus frequency is 133MHz, which is a rather odd setup given that your RAM's SPD is reporting that it's capable of PC3200 speeds, and your motherboard manual states it is capable of a maximum bus-speed of 166MHz (effective 333MHz
Double
Data
Rate, or DDR333)
A bus speed of 166MHz would give you PC2700, and a bus speed of 200MHz would give you PC3200. However, as you stated in your first post on your other thread, your motherboard is only capable of supporting RAM at 166MHz, so buying anything rated over PC2700 is a waste of money.
Can I ask you why you want 2GB RAM? Working from the assumption that you're on Windows XP and using your motherboard's integrated graphics chip (rather than a separate graphics card), I doubt that your RAM is bottlenecking your system significantly, and would venture the opinion that adding another 1GB won't make a significant difference to your day-to-day usage.
Anyway, that's my tuppence.