Will this Ram be compatible with my system?

[purged1234567]

Not really that great at computers, but my computer needs a RAM upgrade..Among other things, heh.

 

 

Was looking at buying:

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145018

 

 

Full system Specs:

 

 

Processor(s)

Model : AMD Athlon XP 3000+

Speed : 2.17GHz

Model Number : 3000 (estimated)

Performance Rating : PR2535 (estimated)

L2 On-board Cache : 512kB ECC synchronous write-back

 

Mainboard and BIOS

Bus(es) : AGP PCI IMB USB FireWire/1394 SMBus/i2c

MP Support : No

System BIOS : Award Software, Inc. ASUS A7V333 ACPI BIOS Revision 1018 Beta 001

Mainboard : ASUSTeK Computer INC. A7V333

System Chipset : ASUSTeK Computer Inc VT8366/A Apollo KT266/A,KT333 CPU to PCI Bridge

Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 133MHz (266MHz data rate)

Installed Memory : 512MB DDR-SDRAM

Memory Bus Speed : 2x 166MHz (332MHz data rate)

 

Video System

Monitor/Panel : Default Monitor

Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce 6200

 

Physical Storage Devices

Removable Drive : Floppy disk drive

Disk Drive : Maxtor 5T020H2 (19.1GB)

Disk Drive : WDC WD400EB-00CPF0 (37.3GB)

CD-ROM/DVD : TDK CDRW401240B (CD 200X Rd, 40X Wr)

CD-ROM/DVD : TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-M1612 (CD 48X Rd) (DVD 6X Rd)

CD-ROM/DVD : FgF-tech CDDVD+tech-200x SCSI CdRom Device (CD 50X Rd) (DVD 6X Rd)

 

Logical Storage Devices

1.44MB 3.5" (A:) : N/A

Hard Disk (C:) : 19.1GB (6.1GB, 32% Free) (NTFS)

Hard Disk (D:) : 37.3GB (12.6GB, 34% Free) (NTFS)

CD-ROM/DVD (E:) : N/A

CD-ROM/DVD (F:) : N/A

CD-ROM/DVD (G:) : N/A

 

Peripherals

Serial/Parallel Port(s) : 3 COM / 1 LPT

USB Controller/Hub : VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller

USB Controller/Hub : VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller

USB Controller/Hub : VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller

USB Controller/Hub : VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller

USB Controller/Hub : VIA USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller

USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub

USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub

USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub

USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub

USB Controller/Hub : USB Printing Support

USB Controller/Hub : USB 2.0 Root Hub Device

FireWire/1394 Controller : Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller

Keyboard : Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard

Mouse : PS/2 Compatible Mouse

 

MultiMedia Device(s)

Device : Standard Game Port

Device : CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device

 

Communication Device(s)

Device : SoftV90 Voice Speakerphone Modem

 

Printers and Faxes

Model : Microsoft Office Document Image Writer

Model : HP Deskjet 3740 Series

 

Operating System(s)

Windows System : Microsoft Windows XP Professional Ver 5.01.2600 Service Pack 2

 

Network Adapter(s)

Networking Installed : Yes

Adapter : National Semiconductor Corp. DP83815/816 10/100 MacPhyter PCI Adapter

 

 

Will this RAM be compatible with my system? Just making sure from the pro's before i go and spend some cash to find out this stuff doesnt work.

 

 

Also, I have 2 empty RAM slots on my mobo. So i will effectively be going from 512 RAM to 1.5 gigs.

 

I can mix the 2, right? or will bad and scary things happen?

[RJLeong65]

First off, it's not recommended to mix different memory modules - not even different sizes of the same model. Your system may fail to POST, or may suffer from major stability issues down the road.

 

Second, the CMX1024-3200 series module will work, but with your CPU you will have to set the following speeds and timings manually to DDR333 (166MHz) and CAS 2.5-3-3-7 in the BIOS if it doesn't automatically default to those settings. (Your A7V333 should autodetect the correct settings of DDR333/166MHz/PC2700 and 2.5-3-3-7 timings if the particular module that you selected is programmed for both DDR333 and DDR400 operation in its SPD chip, since that motherboard officially supports only up to DDR333/PC2700 memory.)