Re: Is PC3200 RAM the same as PC2-3200?

Chris <chhuber@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I have one machine with PC-3200 Ram, DDR 400 and want to use it in
> another machine, but that 2nd machine requires PC2-3200 with DDR2. Are
> they the same?

They are not the same.  PC3200 is aka DDR-400 and is a 184-pin DDR DIMM.
PC2-3200 is aka DDR2-400 and is a 240-pin DDR2 DIMM.  Physically different
sockets.

> I have never seen PC2-3200 for sale. Is this a Dell part number?

It's rare to find it for sale these days, and was never that popular -
DDR2-533 was pretty much equally cheap by the time boards started moving
in
mass to DDR2 sockets.  

I'd be surprised if your system couldn't use DDR2-533 (PC2-4200) DIMMs
instead of DDR2-400, but obviously it would bear checking.  Check out
Crucial.com

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