what Speed of RAM would better suit my system?

[mannsupreme]

i am looking to buy more memory for my computer and i am not sure what MHz i should get. also what is the maximum speed of RAM i can have without my computer affecting it.

i am using Windows XP These are my specs:


--------[ Motherboard ]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Motherboard Properties:
      Motherboard ID                                    <DMI>
      Motherboard Name                                  Dell Dimension 5000

    Front Side Bus Properties:
      Bus Type                                          Intel NetBurst
      Bus Width                                         64-bit
      Real Clock                                        200 MHz (QDR)
      Effective Clock                                   800 MHz
      Bandwidth                                         6400 MB/s

    Memory Bus Properties:
      Bus Type                                          Dual DDR2 SDRAM
      Bus Width                                         128-bit
      Real Clock                                        200 MHz (DDR)
      Effective Clock                                   400 MHz
      Bandwidth                                         6400 MB/s

    Chipset Bus Properties:
      Bus Type                                          Intel Direct Media Interface

[mroilfield]

Start here

http://www.crucial.com/systemscanner/

This will scan your system and tell you what kind of ram to use and how much you can use

[Calum]

From the documentation on Dell's site, it seems you can have a maximum of 4GB of RAM (1GB in each memory slot).
Supported speeds seem to be 400 or 553MHz DDR2.
Hope this helps.

[mannsupreme]

thanks a lot guys really helped me out