RAM - follow on

[Jeff Kinz]

On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 05:53:14PM +0000, Kalyan Vaidyanathan wrote:
> Thanks for the quick responses.  I was asked to look at 
> www.memorysuppliers.com to buy.  They price 2x512MB at $478.  Any other 
> recommendations for good, reliable, and of course economical suppliers?

http://www.crucial.com
PC2100 DDR 512 MB $140   ( 2= 280)
http://www.crucial.com/store/listModule.asp?module=DDR+PC2100&cat=RAM&package=allModules

PC 133 512 MB  $121  (2 = 242)
http://www.crucial.com/store/listmodule.asp?module=SDRAM%2C+PC100&Attrib=Package&cat=RAM
> 
> thx,
> -kalyan
> 
> 
> >From: dsr at tao.merseine.nu
> >To: Kalyan Vaidyanathan <kalyan_v at hotmail.com>
> >CC: discuss at blu.org
> >Subject: Re: RAM
> >Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 17:30:02 +0000
> >
> >On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 05:26:36PM +0000, Kalyan Vaidyanathan wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >  I have a Dell Dimension 8100 desktop with 1.3 GHz.  I have redhat 8.0 
> >and
> > > Windows ME.  I am thinking of upgrading my memory.  I currently have 
> >128MB
> > > RAM. Since it is ME, Microsoft says that max recommended is 512 MB.
> > >  I would like to use my linux box to install and run Tomcat and a java 
> >ide.
> > >  Do you think 512 (+128 existing) should be sufficient for reasonable
> > > productivity?
> >
> >First, no amount of extra RAM is going to hurt performance unless
> >Microsoft is doing something very twisted. Linux will happily use as
> >much extra as you install.
> >
> >I find that 384MB is comfortable for most home desktops these days, but
> >512MB is pretty cheap, so go right ahead.
> >
> >-dsr-
> >
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