RAM for a Dell

rctneil · 4 Jul 2008 at 20:33

Hello,
Can anyone find any places to buy cheap ram for a Dell Dimension 8200.

Thanks,
Neil

Indy500 · 4 Jul 2008 at 21:18

We can't mention competitors here. Although since RDRAM isn't widely available new your best bet is auction sites.

rctneil · 4 Jul 2008 at 21:28

Could you explain what you mean by RDRAM?

Indy500 · 4 Jul 2008 at 21:28

rctneil said:
Could you explain what you mean by RDRAM?

That is the memory type you need for the 8200.

rctneil · 4 Jul 2008 at 21:46

ok, thankyou

Owenb · 4 Jul 2008 at 22:31

For RDRAM you might have to have an even number of ram sticks for the system to boot(i.e 2, 4). It's been a long time since i saw a system with it some, but maybe someone that had an early P4 can verify.

Amidar · 6 Jul 2008 at 01:26

All 4 ram slots have to be populated with either 2 sticks of ram & 2 continuity dimms (these are blank dimms with no memory on them) or all 4 slots populated with ram.It should explain everything in the owners manual regarding different memory configurations,i remember paying £200 for 2 x 128MB sticks of Rdram :eek:

.Also remember reading somewhere that if your cpu has a 400Mhz Fsb you can use RDRAM 800-40 or 800-45 but if its a 533Mhz Fsb cpu you can only use 800-40 dimms :confused:

Aod · 6 Jul 2008 at 20:23

oh boy, RDRAM... man that stuff was/is expensive

bledd · 11 Jul 2008 at 08:59

glad it didn't take off