Just a quick q

[klarrix]

is there anyway i can find out the numbering of my RAM (ie X3200) without having to manually open my case? i'm getting a new stick soon enough and want to make sure it matches neatly.

cheers , kirb

[mike_w]

If I remember correctly, you have some nice PC2700. Since you're not overclocking anyway (I assume), there's no point going above PC2700 since the Barton 2500+ only runs at 333FSB (which is PC2700).

[klarrix]

in that case, would a little controlled tweaking not go amiss?

[mike_w]

The Barton 2500+ should be able to go up to 3200+ speeds by changing the FSB from 166 to 200, although its not completely guaranteed. You should make sure you have good cooling first, and you can try overclocking the RAM, although it might be safer to just buy PC3200 RAM.

Also, RAM prices have shot up recently, so now might not tbe the best time to buy.

[klarrix]

last thing: my board is RAID compatable. Murph explained what it does, but i wanna know if it is worth the time, and if so, how? (all i have is a driver floppy for it)

[mike_w]

How did Murph explain it?

In my opinion it isn't worth the time. Raid 0 is more unreliable (if I remember correctly, since you're striping over multiple drives), although it is faster. If you don't have any particularly important information that you can't backup onto CDs easily, then I don't think there's much point to Raid 1.

But then again, I'm not particularly experienced in Raid, but normal IDE is working fine for me at the moment.