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Old 01-01-2007, 01:58 PM
johannes
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Default Re: Dell Dimension E520



Colin Wilson wrote:
>
> > But why only 533MHz DDR2 memory?

>
> There was a thread on memory speeds on alt.sys.pc-clone.dell recently
> that went into this in depth - in short, the difference was likely to be
> negligible without a large hike in processor speed on what was already a
> fast system.


This may be true because of the larger cache sizes, 2MB or 4MB. But 533MHz
DDR2 is actually slower than 400MHz DDR memory. 667MHZ DDR2 will be out of
sync with fsb. Maybe you need 1066MHz memory for an improvement?

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