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Old Nov 19, 2004 | 12:25 PM
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256MB PC-133 16 Chips Double Sided (OEM) - $66.00
256MB PC-133 8 Chips Double Sided (OEM) - $39.00

wtf is the difference!? obviously 1 is 16 chips while the other is 8... but whats that actually mean.

for $30 bux more?!

or this..
512MB PC-3200 400MHz (OEM) - $86.00
512MB PC-3200 400MHz 16 Chips Double Sided(OEM) - $89.00

double sided? whats the deal.. some1 shed some light.
Old Nov 19, 2004 | 12:28 PM
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huh? maybee its doubled cus your buying mor chips dude. durrr.

39 bucks for 8 256meg chips is a bangin deal. then you could get 16 for 66 bucks. man, where are you seeing this?
Old Nov 19, 2004 | 12:31 PM
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are they both sdram or is one ddr?
Old Nov 19, 2004 | 12:39 PM
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lloks like one might be sd and one might be ddr.
Old Nov 19, 2004 | 01:00 PM
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i bet the more spendy one is ddr.. cuz ddr is better then sdram. but the question is.. how much do you have allready?

i have 1.3 gigs of ddr. and i run just fine.
Old Nov 19, 2004 | 01:55 PM
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i have 528 and im just jim dandy.
Old Nov 19, 2004 | 05:59 PM
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more chips .. quicker interface....

ive got 2gig of ram, but rnning low on memory
Old Nov 19, 2004 | 07:02 PM
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yeah the pc133 is complete ------- ***. And you dont really need pc3200 unless your gonna be overclocking.
Old Nov 19, 2004 | 07:57 PM
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i'd buy the 512 just because
Old Nov 19, 2004 | 09:24 PM
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They aren't the same RAM and aren't interchangeable. You are comparing SD ram vs DDR. Not the same and will not work in the same MOBO. The double sided ram is for older machine that cant run single sided ram. Like 16x32 or 32x4



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