Adding memory to a Dell 8300

Lee · Post by **Lee** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 8:03 pm

I have a Dell Dimension 8300 that currently has 512 PC2700 333MHz memory. I want to add another gig, but both Dell's and Crucial's web sites list both PC2700 and PC3200 is available for my computer. I would obviously like the PC3200 memory, but will it work with the slower memory already in the computer? On top of that how do I know if my MB even supports PC3200? Dells don't come with much in the way of documentation. I am guessing Dell's site wouldn't let me buy memory that wouldn't work in my computer.

Thanks for any help.

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 8:45 pm

If you mix memory speeds, all will run at the slowest speed. However, sometimes different speeds won't play well together - I have a bunch of old Dell Optiplex GX200's that came with either 40 or 45ns memory, and they don't work at all it we put a stick of each into the same machine.

Lee · Post by **Lee** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 6:42 pm

Thanks Jeff, I took to your warning to heed and ordered PC2700

. I figured I was better off with 1.6 gig of flower memory than just one gig of fast memory. Hope that was a wise decision.

Got to love Crucial, ordered it today and it will be here tomorrow thanks to reasonably cheap next day air.