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Old 11-19-2004, 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.
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Old 11-19-2004, 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?
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Old 11-19-2004, 12:31 PM
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are they both sdram or is one ddr?
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Old 11-19-2004, 12:39 PM
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lloks like one might be sd and one might be ddr.
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Old 11-19-2004, 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.
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Old 11-19-2004, 01:55 PM
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i have 528 and im just jim dandy.
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Old 11-19-2004, 05:59 PM
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more chips .. quicker interface....

ive got 2gig of ram, but rnning low on memory
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Old 11-19-2004, 07:02 PM
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yeah the pc133 is complete ------- ***. And you dont really need pc3200 unless your gonna be overclocking.
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Old 11-19-2004, 07:57 PM
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i'd buy the 512 just because
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Old 11-19-2004, 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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