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***glc*** · 06-18-2012, 10:34 AM

I'd hold off on a new PSU for now, the Thermaltake can handle either of those cards. It wouldn't be worth upgrading now unless you can spend at least $75 on a new one.

That exact ram is discontinued. Another pair of 2x1 may or may not play well with what you have. Current price on DDR2-800 2x1 CAS 4 is in the $40 range and 4 modules at 2.1 volts may be hard on the motherboard. For $55 you can pull it and put a 2x2 kit in:

Newegg.com - CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model VS4GBKIT800D2 G

XP will recognize about 3.25gb. Note that any DDR2 ram is dead-end, you won't be able to reuse it with any motherboard upgrade.

My grandkids are all gaming with 2gb and XP.

06-18-2012, 10:34 AM	#4
*glc* Forum Administrator Staff Premium Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Joplin MO Posts: 41,188	I'd hold off on a new PSU for now, the Thermaltake can handle either of those cards. It wouldn't be worth upgrading now unless you can spend at least $75 on a new one. That exact ram is discontinued. Another pair of 2x1 may or may not play well with what you have. Current price on DDR2-800 2x1 CAS 4 is in the $40 range and 4 modules at 2.1 volts may be hard on the motherboard. For $55 you can pull it and put a 2x2 kit in: Newegg.com - CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model VS4GBKIT800D2 G XP will recognize about 3.25gb. Note that any DDR2 ram is dead-end, you won't be able to reuse it with any motherboard upgrade. My grandkids are all gaming with 2gb and XP.