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Author: Michael Havens
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: memory
I emailed the company I bought the ram from and they said they would send
the 800 Mhz instead of the chips advertised. If that happens I don't know.
If it does not happen should I get the matching 533Mhz ram or can I have
the mismatching speeds (will it default the the slower speed)?

:-)~MIKE~(-:

On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 12:41 PM, <> wrote:

>
>
> I did a search on "CPU family 15 Model 79 Stepping 2" and this is what I
> found.
>
> http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K8/AMD-Sempron%2064%203400%2B%
> 20-%20SDA3400IAA3CN%20%28SDA3400CNBOX%29.html
>
> And here is the benchmark I found http://www.cpubenchmark.net/
> cpu.php?cpu=AMD+Sempron+3400%2B
>
> I would say at least in part the cause of your computer being slow is the
> CPU.
>
> I'd be interested to hear if more RAM makes a difference. Of course RAM
> might effect performance if you are doing something that requires a lot of
> RAM. I assume more RAM will effect compile speed.
>
> This is a testament to Linux breathing life into old iron.
>
>
>
>
> On 2014-10-09 14:03, Michael Havens wrote:
>
>> bmike1@C521 ~ $ lscpu
>> Architecture:          x86_64
>> CPU op-mode(s):        32-bit, 64-bit
>> Byte Order:            Little Endian
>> CPU(s):                1
>> On-line CPU(s) list:   0
>> Thread(s) per core:    1
>> Core(s) per socket:    1
>> Socket(s):             1
>> NUMA node(s):          1
>> Vendor ID:             AuthenticAMD
>> CPU family:            15
>> Model:                 79
>> Stepping:              2
>> CPU MHz:               1000.000
>> BogoMIPS:              2004.24
>> Virtualization:        AMD-V
>> L1d cache:             64K
>> L1i cache:             64K
>> L2 cache:              512K
>> NUMA node0 CPU(s):     0

>>
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 10:04 AM, <> wrote:
>>
>> what CPU does that box have?
>>>
>>> On 2014-10-09 09:36, Mark Phillips wrote:
>>> Michael,
>>>
>>> It seems the max memory is 4GB for that system - 4 banks of 1 GB
>>> sticks.
>>> RAM memory Capacity - 4 GB
>>> Memory Type - DDR2 SDRAM - DIMM 240-pin
>>> Data Integrity Check - Non-ECC
>>> Speed - 667 MHz ( PC2-5300 )
>>> Features - Dual rank , unbuffered
>>>
>>> You already have 2 1GB sticks in the machines - what speed are
>>> they?
>>> You should match the speed for all four sticks.
>>>
>>> The second set you mentioned are only 533 MHz, whereas your bus is
>>> 667
>>> MHz. If your system is slow, get the fastest memory you can afford.
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 1:51 PM, Carruth, Rusty <>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yes, 1024 is one gig, but often some memory is stolen by the
>>> motherboard – for example if you have an on-board graphics card
>>> that uses main memory for its RAM.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Personally, if you can afford it and the 4G is less than 2x the 2G
>>> I’d get 4G – but if you could find 2x2G sticks then you could
>>> have 6G total – not bad IMHO.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> FROM:
>>> [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org] ON BEHALF OF
>>> Michael Havens
>>> SENT: Wednesday, October 08, 2014 1:43 PM
>>> TO: PLUG
>>> SUBJECT: memory
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I know this is a stupid question but...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I got a Dell dimension c521. It is slow so I figure I should add
>>> memory. There are 4 memory slots with 2 being used. How much memory
>>> is that? Well, the cards that are in there say it they are two
>>> cards with 1024 mb apiece. 'free -h' reports
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> free -h
>>>
>>>                    total       used       free

>>>
>>>        shared    buffers   cached

>>>
>>> Mem:          1.9G       1.4G       489M        18M
>>>        59M       535M

>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> isn't 1024 one gig? Where is the rest?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> SHould I buy this?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> NEW 4GB 4X1GB DDR2 PC2-5300 667MHZ RAM MEMORY FOR DELL DIMENSION
>>> C521 [1]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> or should I get this?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2GB (2X1GB) RAM MEMORY CMS COMPATIBLE WITH DELL DIMENSION C521
>>> DESKTOP [2]
>>>
>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
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>>> http://www.amazon.com/4x1GB-PC2-5300-667MHz-Memory-
>> Dimension/dp/B00KFND9SC/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&amp;ie=
>> UTF8&amp;qid=1412798813&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=dimension+c521+memory
>>
>>> [2]
>>> [2]
>>>
>>> http://www.amazon.com/Compatible-Dell-Dimension-
>> C521-Desktop/dp/B00BL30RZS/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&amp;
>> ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1412798813&amp;sr=1-3&amp;keywords=dimension+c521+memory
>>
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>> http://www.amazon.com/4x1GB-PC2-5300-667MHz-Memory-
>> Dimension/dp/B00KFND9SC/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&amp;amp;
>> ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1412798813&amp;amp;sr=1-1&amp;
>> amp;keywords=dimension+c521+memory
>> [3]
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>> C521-Desktop/dp/B00BL30RZS/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&amp;
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