Looking to upgrade from my measly 512mb to more basically.

Looking on various sites i seen
Kingston
Corsair
Crucial
any other names or recommended brands

This is my motherboard (if it makes any differance)
Foxconn - Products: Motherboard

 

I think any of the above will suit your needs, also look at Geil and OCZ as good brands for memory

Tony

 

Cheers

 

Patriot is another (their performance RAM seems quiet good value at the moment)

Seeing that most brands offer a limited lifetime guaranty I don't think you can go too far wrong TBH (better off picking a retailer with a good fast returns procedure).

Just run some memory diagnostics everytime you install new RAM to ensure compatibility and check for any faulty items.

 

I've used the Crucial scan and it informed me of memory that i can use.

How would you know if a module is faulty?

 

Hi m8

Iv got some brand new and unused.

Crucial 2GB (2x1GB KIT) 240-Pin PC2-5300 NonECC CL5 DIMM


Hows £30 delivered?

Cheers
Dave

 

GSkill and Mushkin are recommended by me.

 

Thanks for the offer but my memory is 184pin DDR400 PC3200
Cheers though

 

OCZ can have compatibilty issues with quite a few mobos. When it works though it is good

 

You need to create a boot disk containing either....

This: Memtest86+ - Advanced Memory Diagnostic Tool

Or this: Microsoft Online Crash Analysis


Should run a test on the system BEFORE installing new RAM (to rule out any existing problem - some of which you maybe unware of), then run it after installing the new RAM....leave it running overnight using the extended test option if you want to be ultra sure. It will also ensure the memory is compatible with the mobo and settings in the BIOS are correct.

 

Corsair for me its good stuff