I bought a pc from Aldi.
It did'nt have a floppy drive, when I installed one I noticed than there was 2 memory sticks - Samsung 256mb DDR PC3200 - on the Aldi leaflet it said the pc had 512mb DDR 400mhz, which I assume would be only 1 stick.
On the motherboard there are 4 slots, 2 of which are now occupied, I emailed Medion voicing my concerns about future upgrading and this is their responce...
2) RAM PC3200 is DDR400, its just another way of saying the same thing.
The new generation of Intel motherboards with an 800mhz Front Side BUS
(FS
require double the bandwidth of older systems and therefore 400
mhz RAM has to be split across the BUS. If odd nembers of RAM modules
are installed then the FSB slows down to 400mhz. If you really want us
to slow your machine down for you we may be able replace your RAM. Let
me know and I will put your unusual request to my supervisor.
The question is should I ask for the 1 stick of 512mb instead of 2 sticks of 256mb. Also is it true about pc3200 being the same as ddr400?