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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: High1 on May 21, 2012, 06:13:35 AM

Title: Compatible RAM question
Post by: High1 on May 21, 2012, 06:13:35 AM

Hello

According to an online scan I have just done on my iMedia S1800 PC tower, I have the following memory: DDR3 PC3-8500, DDR3 PC3-10600, DDR3 PC3-12800.

I also have done a scan of a Dell Dimension 2400 that shows the following memory: DDR PC2700, DDR PC3200.

I was hoping to take 1Gb of RAM from the iMedia PC and use it in the Dell Dimension PC, but from the results above does it seem that the two PCs are incompatible?

Many thanks

High1

Title: Re: Compatible RAM question
Post by: Computer_Commando on May 21, 2012, 11:59:28 AM

DDR & DDR2 & DDR3 are not interchangeable.  They will not physically fit into each others slots.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Desktop_DDR_Memory_Comparison.svg/511px-Desktop_DDR_Memory_Comparison.svg.png)

Title: Re: Compatible RAM question
Post by: High1 on May 21, 2012, 12:06:22 PM

Hello Commando

Thanks for that, I didn't realise.

Cheers

High1