Help Upgrading Ram

[magick]

My mum wants to upgrade her pc for vista. It's a fujitsu Siemens scaleo 600 3.2 P4 with 1gb ram. I assume that for vista to run comfortably it should have 2gb ram but what ram should I get? Heres the mainboard specs from SISoft 2007 :-

SiSoftware Sandra

System
Manufacturer : FUJITSU SIEMENS
Model : D1625
ID : 00000000-00000000-30000000-E62C5005

System Chassis
Manufacturer : FUJITSU SIEMENS
Type : Mini Tower
Can be locked : Yes
Boot-up State : Safe
Power State : Safe
Thermal State : Safe
Security State : External Interface Locked-out

Mainboard
Manufacturer : FUJITSU SIEMENS
MP Support : No
Model : D1625
Version : S26361-D1625
Serial Number : 12642862

On-board Devices
SMsC SuperI/O : Other (Disabled)
AD1985 : Sound Adapter (Disabled)
Intel 82562EZ : Ethernet Adapter (Disabled)
Intel 865PE : Video Adapter (Disabled)
Agere Firewire FW322 : Other (Disabled)

System Memory Controller
Location : Mainboard
Error Correction Capability : None
Number of Memory Slots : 4
Maximum Installable Memory : 4GB
Channel A - Slot-1 : DIMM Synchronous DDR-SDRAM 512MB/64 @ 333Mt/s
Channel A - Slot-3 : Empty
Channel B - Slot-2 : DIMM Synchronous DDR-SDRAM 512MB/64 @ 333Mt/s
Channel B - Slot-4 : Empty

Chipset 1
Model : Fujitsu Siemens Computers 82865G/PE/P, 82848P DRAM Controller / Host-Hub Interface
Bus(es) : X-Bus AGP PCI IMB USB FireWire/1394 i2c/SMBus
Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 200MHz (800MHz data rate)
Maximum FSB Speed / Max Memory Speed : 4x 200MHz / 2x 200MHz
Width : 64-bit
HTT - Hyper-Threading Technology : Yes
IO Queue Depth : 12 request(s)

Chipset 1 Hub Interface
Type : Hub-Interface
Version : 1.50
Number of Ports : 3
Width : 8-bit
Full Duplex : Yes
Multiplier : 2/1x

Logical/Chipset 1 Memory Banks
Bank 0 : 512MB DDR-SDRAM 2.5-3-3-7 (tCL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS) CR1
Bank 1 : 512MB DDR-SDRAM 2.5-3-3-7 (tCL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS) CR1
Channels : 2
Speed : 2x 166MHz (332MHz data rate)
Multiplier : 5/6x
Width : 64-bit
Memory Controller in Processor : No
Performance Acceleration Technology : No
Refresh Rate : 7.80µs
Power Save Mode : No
Fixed Hole Present : No

APIC 1
Version : 2.00
Multiplier : 1/2x
Maximum Interrupts : 24
IRQ Handler Engaged : Yes
Enhanced Support : Yes

Memory Module 1
Manufacturer : Siemens
Model : 64D64320GU6B
Serial Number : 0807A932
Type : 512MB DDR-SDRAM
Technology : 16x(32Mx8)
Speed : PC2700U
Standard Timings : 2.5-3-3-7 (tCL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS)
Date of Manufacture : 14 April 2004
Set Timing @ 167MHz : 2.5-3-3-7 (tCL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS)
Set Timing @ 133MHz : 2.0-2-2-6 (tCL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS)

Memory Module 2
Manufacturer : Siemens
Model : 64D64320GU6B
Serial Number : 0807A82B
Type : 512MB DDR-SDRAM
Technology : 16x(32Mx8)
Speed : PC2700U
Standard Timings : 2.5-3-3-7 (tCL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS)
Date of Manufacture : 14 April 2004
Set Timing @ 167MHz : 2.5-3-3-7 (tCL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS)
Set Timing @ 133MHz : 2.0-2-2-6 (tCL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS)

 

[DJKahuna]

I'm assuming it's DDR and not DDR2 looking at that. So, i'd recommend this 2gb kit: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-046-GL

Should do the trick. I use it and i game a lot and FPS is just so high in all games. But, in Vista, it performs excellently.

 

[magick]

I'm assuming it's DDR and not DDR2 looking at that. So, i'd recommend this 2gb kit: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-046-GL

Should do the trick. I use it and i game a lot and FPS is just so high in all games. But, in Vista, it performs excellently.

There's already 1gb of ram in the system so adding another 2gb would take it 3gb which would be overkill wouldn't it? Remember it's my mum's pc and she's not exactly a power user.

 

[DJKahuna]

What i'm suggesting is use just the new 2GB kit, and then either sell the original gig, or keep it for use in another PC.

 

[Participant]

1Gb is fine for Vista.

 

[DJKahuna]

1Gb is fine for Vista.

Yes, just about...on a good day...if you're lucky. When i tried it with a gig, it was pretty slow. 2 gig and it's 'perfect'.