4gb DDR

[Brum Man]

I have quite an old system that still uses DDR ram. What I'm wondering is if it actually ever became available in 2 x 2 gig format, as oppose to having to buy 4 x 1 gig sticks?

Looking to get more in preperation for Windows 7 as looking at the specification the 64 bit version needs a minimum of 2 gig to run and I currently only have 1 gig.

 

[Brum Man]

I have seen 2 x 2gig sets before, but nowadays there going for £100+ what cpu do you have.?, it might be more beneficial if you could get a new motherboard and cpu set.?

Well I was going to look to get some second hand, as you say trying to get some new would no doubt be silly expensive.

Got a 3500, so fairly old but didn't really want to go down the route of getting all new bits.

 

[Brum Man]

or just get a new motherboard and a 4gig set of DDR2 for about £80-100

Sorry, I'm so out of touch with computer hardware these days so perhaps you can help a lazy person, can I get a new motherboard that takes DDR2/3 and will take a socket 939 CPU so I wouldn't have to replace that too?

Also, what is the diffrence between DDR/2/3, just the way they are manufactured that allow them to get quicker speeds?

RAM is so cheap these days for the new types.