@ karanTh85 : The difference in price is probably due to difference in brand. In general, there's no reason why DDR333 should cost more than DDR400.
@ MHG : Too lazy to pick up the phone ?
The price of 512MB is from my purchase 2 months ago; the price of 1GB was quoted to me by the owner yesterday.
The RAMs were sent by Speed Post. For security reasons, P.O.s in many cities (including Hyd-Secunderabad, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, etc. but not Delhi or my own state) do not accept electronic products for shipping, but the dealer put the RAMs in an ordinary envelope with some padding and probably submitted it without declaring the contents. The P.O. in Secunderabad probably would not have accepted a larger package without asking about the contents. For 3 RAM sticks with padding, they paid Rs.57.
I have a problem with shipping that will not apply to most of you other members. My state's Taxation Department has imposed some really silly regulations that makes it a real hassle to have anything shipped from another state, except those coming by Speed Post. You can use any other courier.
I made some other arrangements for the other bulkier items. I'm in the process of recruiting some MLAs in my state to try to get those stupid regulations changed.
@MGH
However, since your motherboard does not have a graphics card slot, you are stuck with the onboard 915. Intel has never been very good at graphics.
@ MHG : Too lazy to pick up the phone ?
The price of 512MB is from my purchase 2 months ago; the price of 1GB was quoted to me by the owner yesterday.The RAMs were sent by Speed Post. For security reasons, P.O.s in many cities (including Hyd-Secunderabad, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, etc. but not Delhi or my own state) do not accept electronic products for shipping, but the dealer put the RAMs in an ordinary envelope with some padding and probably submitted it without declaring the contents. The P.O. in Secunderabad probably would not have accepted a larger package without asking about the contents. For 3 RAM sticks with padding, they paid Rs.57.
I have a problem with shipping that will not apply to most of you other members. My state's Taxation Department has imposed some really silly regulations that makes it a real hassle to have anything shipped from another state, except those coming by Speed Post. You can use any other courier.
I made some other arrangements for the other bulkier items. I'm in the process of recruiting some MLAs in my state to try to get those stupid regulations changed.
Computer Warehouse in Bangalore lists 256MB SDRAM at Rs.470 and 512MB at Rs.630, excluding 4% VAT. They don't mention the brand or the speed, so you'll have to ask them.Like pimpom said some DDR ram is tagged as DDR SDRAM, did you mean that or the old 133Mhz SDRAM is available at the price that you mentioned?
If its 133Mhz SDRAM and at those prices, then give me the shop's address and phone number immediately! I've been searching for a 512Mb or 1Gb SDRAM for so long. We bought 2 * 256 Mb 133Mhz SDRAM for a pc at work and it cost us over Rs.2000. This was in dec. 2007. If there's 512Mb of SDRAM for Rs.1300 toh mujhe toh jaise ali baba ka khazana mil gya
@MGH
I don't like dedicated threads, so I'll answer here. Quoting from that thread :
I don't know the cheapest source in Bangalore, but Computer Warehouse on M.G.Road has various brands listed at around 1K for 512MB and a bit less than 2K for 1GB. I occasionally had a problem with Zion RAMs in the past, so I can't recommend them.
You will definitely see improvement in performance even if you add just 256MB to your existing 256MB. Your computer will boot up more quickly, programs will load faster, games will run more smoothly and multitasking will be easier. You can also allocate more shared memory to graphics without crippling the rest of system performance.
However, since your motherboard does not have a graphics card slot, you are stuck with the onboard 915. Intel has never been very good at graphics.
Personally, I've never had a problem mixing RAMs from different sources except when run in dual-channel mode.
Pricewise, it is almost always cheaper to use a single stick. But using two matched modules in dual-channel mode has a slight speed advantage. However, that advantage is usually only a few percent and not really noticeable except in benchmarks. So a single 1GB stick is probably better if you're on a tight budget.
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