Compare Crucial 512 MB PC2-5300 DDR2 RAM (BL6464AA664) to Crucial 1 GB DDR3 SDRAM (BL12864BA1608)

A memory upgrade is typically the easiest and least expensive way to boost your computers performance. While any time is good to add more memory, there are some scenarios in which adding a memory upgrade makes great sense and can dramatically improve your computers performance: Youve upgraded your operating system OS. Youve installed memory-intensive software like photo-editing or a 3-D video game. You work with large files or with three or more programmes at a time. Youve added hardware, such as a new processor or a video card. Youve purchased a new computer that came with too little system memory. Backed by 25 years of Micron experience and the expertise of Microns global team of engineers, Crucial is well-established as the memory industry expert. As a division of Micron, one of the worlds leading providers of advanced semiconductor solutions, Crucial actually makes the memory they sell, right down to the chips. Other memory sellers might claim to be manufacturers, but the truth is they only assemble the m Less

The 1 GB DDR3 Memory Module from Crucial™ Technology boasts an improved architecture allowing very fast data transmission. It consists of a number of memory components attached to a black printed circuit board. Additionally, Gold pins found on the bottom of the DIMM, provide a connection between the module and a socket on a larger printed circuit board. Furthermore, to use DDR3, your system motherboard must have 240-pin DIMM slots and a chipset that supports DDR3. Plus, this DDR3 also incorporates different sockets which are not interchangeable or backward-compatible. Moreover, these 240-pin DDR3 DIMMs have only one notch within the row of pins, and each technology has the notch in a slightly different location on the module. Packed with all these features and more, this Ballistix memory module provides an easy alternative to increase system performance in today's performance-driven environment. Less