VIA memory - again.
Chris
mohoelx at sbcglobal.net
Sun Oct 19 22:16:37 CDT 2003
O.k., so call me cheap. But call me cautious as well.
Buying a new motherboard - a VIA P4M266. The specs just say "PC2100
DDR memory".
However, MANY websites that sell PC2100 memory seem to have two
groupings (looking at PC2100 256 Meg);
- average price $50 and higher
- inexpensive price $27 - 30 with caveat "for VIA chipset only"
Anyone have any insight as to what makes VIA chipsets so special, and if
I can use the less expensive memory? For example (and I have no
affiliation with this site, just the first on the list at Pricewatch
today); http://buyaib.com/25pc21brinst.html
All I have been able to find is a somewhat inferred reference to memory
interleaving that VIA implemented. Seems to me if VIA needs special
memory, it would be more expensive, not less?
Thanks -
Chris.
have some that is much less expensive
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