DDR2 PC2-5300 or DDR2 PC2-5300U?

[Daaaveee]

Morning all,

We have some PCs here at work which we would like to add some more RAM to. I've cracked them open and had a look, and some have a stick of 1GB DDR2 PC2-5300 RAM, and other have a stick of 1GB DDR2 PC2-5300U RAM.

Is there any significance in the U suffix? If we just buy more 1GB DDR2 PC2-5300 sticks will these be compatible with everything and work along side the DDR2 PC2-5300U RAM?

Thanks for any help/advice.

 

[Surveyor]

I think the U stands for unbuffered which is the type used in the vast majority of desktop PC's.

Buffered RAM is used in servers.

 

[Essexraptor]

I have a 512Mb stick up for sale at the mo

NO NO I'm not trying to sell it here!!!!!!

It's just that it's got a U suffix as well and I looked it up just to check what I was selling and I can confirm Surveyor's post. It just means non buffered EEC or desktop RAM. Just another variation on a manufactures identity coding.

Therefore all's good