Advantages: Upgrading memory is best way to improve performance
Disadvantages: You must make sure you get the correct type of memory!

.... Secondly you need to know the type. Old pentiums will probably take SIMMS (72pin), in which case you need to buy a pair of two chips. Anything will use DIMMS. Usually pentium 2 will use SDRAM 100Mhz or 133Mhz (168pin). Pentium 3s normally take DDR SDRAM (184pin), which can be either 200Mhz, 266Mhz, 333Mhz or 400Mhz. Although 200Mhz is very rarely seen. Roughly speaking a 1 to 2Ghz processor usually goes with 266Mhz RAM, 2-3Ghz with 333Mhz and 3+ with 400Mhz. Very new computers will take DDR2 (240pin) which is even faster speeds. To find out exactly which you need consult the motherboard manual. If that fails then open up the computer and look at the chip inside. If you are lucky it will have a sticker on it with the information you need. It is also worth noting the "codes" often used to refer to the different types: 100Mhz = PC100 133Mhz = PC... Read review

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Advantages: Inexpensive, reliable, memory upgrade gives huge boost in performance
Disadvantages: You must make sure you get the correct type of memory!

...type you need: First check that you have some slots free. If not then it will involve removing one of the existing chips. Secondly you need to know the type. Old pentiums will probably take SIMMS (72pin), in which case you need to buy a pair of two chips. Anything will use DIMMS. Usually pentium 2 will use SDRAM 100Mhz or 133Mhz (168pin). Pentium 3s normally take DDR SDRAM (184pin), which can be either 200Mhz, 266Mhz, 333Mhz or 400Mhz. Although 200Mhz is very rarely seen. Roughly speaking a 1 to 2Ghz processor usually goes with 266Mhz RAM, 2-3Ghz with 333Mhz and 3+ with 400Mhz. Very new computers will take DDR2 (240pin) which is even faster speeds. To find out exactly which you need consult the motherboard manual. If that fails then open up the computer and look at the chip inside. If you are lucky it will have a sticker... Read review

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Advantages: good cheap motherboard for your money
Disadvantages: Bit aged now with the release of new processors

...I have had this motherboard for a few months now and i have to say it is really good. I have it with an Athlon 2400+ chip with 2x512 PC3200 DDR memory and it runs like a dream. The features of this motherboard are as follows: Chipset: VIA Apollo KT400 Processor Support: AMD processors Athlon/Athlon XP/Duron 333/266/200 MHz system bus Graphics: AGP 8X/4X Memory: DDR 400/333 MHz SDRAM ATA: ATA 133/100/66 data transfer rate Others: USB 2.0 6 channel AC'97 audio Auto Overclock in Bios When I purchased this motherboard it came with ATA and floppy drive cables although it depends where you buy it and what company made it on weather you get them. Also it comes with a great manual that is easy to follow and the PC can be made and set up with ease using this motherboard. The bios is very good and there is no need to update it as soon... Read review

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Advantages: USEFUL
Disadvantages: EXPENSIVE

...Data Bus Speed 533 MHz equipped with 2Mb of onboard cache. -Data Bus Speed 533 MHz. Installed Size512 MB / 1 GB (max) Technology DDR SDRAM - 333 MHz Hard Drive 80 GB Card graphyque NVIDIA GeForce 128 Mb I recognise that i don't use the part games, so i can't appreciate the performance the quality about the card, nevertheless this one is satisfactory with my uses With the new model, no floppy drive so you'll have to go out and get a USB external drive . Centrino architecture that fit it allows the computer to turn in less elevated frequency and therefore to consume less energy. LCD screen X black I have compared from other manufacturers, but the display quality was nowhere near as good. screen The wide screen is an intersting aspect of the computer overall if you use it as word processor. keyboard keyboardvery soft whith... Read review

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Advantages: Low Cost, High Performance, Good Built Quality, Almost latest hardware support
Disadvantages: No PCI-E Slot, Only 2 RAM Slots, Low Integrated GFX

...I'm using this product from a year. I bought a budgeted system containing MSI K8MM-V MoBo, AMD Sempron 2800+, 768 MB DDR 400MHz RAM, Sony DVD-RW DRU 170A, LG CD-RW/DVD-ROM, 80+80 WD SATA. And the system is serving me very fine. The MotherBoard support 64 BIT AMD k8 processors upto AMD Athlon 3700+ [Socket 754] and upto 2 GB of DDR 266/333/400 DDR SDRAM. It support almost all AGP 8x Graphic Cards but ATI one's are some what better than nVIdia. 3 PCI slots give you enough expandability. Two SATA and TWO IDE ports can accomodate upto 6 Drives [2 SATA and 4 IDE Drives]. It support UDMA 66/100/133 modes supporting upto 150 MB/s transfer. In other words it is SUPERB.... Read review

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...located in your area. Techinal Details of the system: Built-in Devices: Stereo speakers Width: 13.2 in Depth: 10.8 in Height: 1.9 in Weight: 9.7 lbs Intel Mobile Pentium 4 538 / 3.2 GHz Data bus speed: 533 MHz Processor features: Hyper-Threading Technology, Enhanced SpeedStep technology Chipset type: Intel 852GME Cache Type: L2 cache Cache size 1 MB RAM Installed Size: 512 MB / 2 GB(max) DDR SDRAM - 333 MHz Floppy Drive Hard Drive 60 GB - 5400 rpm DVD±RW 8x- Integrated Display Type: 15 in TFT active matrix Max Resolution 1400 x 1050 NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 - AGP 4x Video Memory DDR SDRAM - 64 MB sound card Fax modem 56 Kbps - PCI Data link protocol Ethernet, Fast Ethernet Interfaces 1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire), 2 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 pin USB Type A, 1 x Display / video - VGA - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD... Read review

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Advantages: Second to none for overclocking
Disadvantages: errrrrrm.....

...based on nForce2 chipset, the NF7-S supports the latest AMD Athlon XP processors with 200/266/333 FSB, and features dual 400MHz DDR controllers that can deliver up to a 50% increase in bandwidth. The advanced memory architecture means that the latest 3D games and multimedia applications are able to run smoother and faster than ever before, giving you unparalleled system performance. It comes with 3 DDR DIMM slots to support up to 3GB of DDR memory, and optimized 128-bit architecture reduces memory latency. With the nForce2 MCP2-T, it delivers Dolby Digital 5.1 cinematic-quality sound. I chose to use a mobile Athon 2500 cpu, which coupled with 512Mb of quality pc3200 DDR Memory, this machine will overclock to speeds of close to 3 GHZ!!! Choose a good quality video card and your machine will be one of the best on the market for gaming... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap with onboard sound and LAN ideal for budget performance
Disadvantages: No dual bios

...A brought one of these a while back off ebuyer.com for around £20 which is an absolute bargain for what you get with onboard and decent sound and a superb LAN card this board is ideal for performance systems on a budget. With added 8 X AGP support and 400 MHz bus performance you can't grumble for the price. Other Features 6 USB 2 Ports - 4 mounted onto the board and two extendable 3 DDR Slots expandable up to 3GB at lower speeds 2GB using DDR400 support for DDR400/333/266 Support for PC99 colour connecter (colour coded parts) Supports al standard power operations wake up on keyboard, modem, alarm, suspend, standby, shutdown Support for Athlon, Sempron and Duron CPUs with frequencies of 266/333/400MHz in Socket A Also comes with bundled software includes anti-virus, adobe reader and all drivers for board sound and LAN for windows... Read review

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Advantages: Reliable, great functionality and an overall sexy looking laptop
Disadvantages: Battery life could always be improved

...Intel Pentium M 740 / 1.73 GHz Data Bus Speed 533 MHz Features Enhanced SpeedStep technology, power-optimized processor system bus, Execute Disable Bit capability Cache Memory Type L2 Cache Installed Size 2 MB RAM Installed Size 512 MB / 1 GB (max) Technology DDR SDRAM - 333 MHz Memory Specification Compliance PC2700 Storage Controller Type IDE Storage Hard Drive 100 GB Optical Storage Type DVD±RW (+R double layer) - integrated Read Speed 24x (CD) / 8x (DVD) Write Speed 24x (CD) / 4x (DVD-R) / 8x (DVD+R) / 2.4x (DVD+R DL) CD / DVD Rewrite Speed 10x (CD) / 4x (DVD±RW) Card Reader Type Card reader Supported Flash Memory Cards Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, Memory Stick Duo Video Graphics Processor / Vendor NVidia GeForce Go 6200 TurboCache supporting 128MB Audio Audio Output Sound card Audio Codec Realtek ALC... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap for what it is
Disadvantages: not backwards compatable with DDRI

...GEIL stands for Golden Empire Industries Limited. They use Samsung RAM that they repackage and test for you. There are only three companies in the whole world that make RAM and lots that repackage it. GEIL is one of them. You can get this type of RAM in 533Mhz form all the way up to 1000MHz form, and it seems excellent. I'm currently using two of these 1Gb sets and have found that they are both responsive and cool. They do not overheat like some RAMs and came well packaged and well presented. The Specifications : CAS 3-3-3-8 64x8 DDR2 FBGA Chips 240pin, Non-ECC, Un-buffered DDR2 SDRAM DIMM Aluminum Heat-spreader 6 Layers Ultra Low Noises Shielded PCB Overview The specifications show a good fast module and its good that the devices comes with noise shielding. However it must be said that this is the lowest speed of DDR2... Read review

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