Hey there today I have finally decided that it is time to upgrade my ram from 512 to 1gb and I really cant wait.. accept I need a COUPLE questions answered. I ran the program CPU-Z to find out all the information on my computer and this is what I got in the txt file

http://mrcracker.com/cpuz.txt

and from there i got my motherboard model and looked it up to find this:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument?lc=en&cc=us&docname=c00100539#N254

Now as my cpuz test shows that my current ram stick is a pc2100 (133mhz) now from the motherboard link i got .. which im pretty sure is the right model it shows that my max speed is a pc2700. Should I be getting that or should I stick with a 2100. Someone told me that its not good to mix different speeds so I'm asking you! Also as i went to newegg.com to look for a 512 stick i could buy i found many but im confused. what pin count should i be looking for if anyone could just point me to the right direction.


also my VIDEO card. this is a pretty old computer but it will be perfect for me once i get a video card upgrade. now by looking at the motherboard information it shows me that i have a Intel Extreme Graphics with Direct AGP which can have up to 64mb onboard memory if i upped it from BIOS. now on startup i pressed F11 to get to bios and for the video memory option it was set to 8mb. I pressed it to see what options there were and it was either 8mb or down to 1mb?? I dont understand that. Dont see no 64mb. Maybe im mistaking that for the cache or something. I would be happy if you can fill me out.

But I would also like to start looking for a new graphics card .. especially for gaming. If there is any pro here that would like to please fill me in what I should be looking for and what my motherboard can handle so I could start searching up on neweg It would be great! Or if anyone has any they recommend on newegg that my motherboard would support it would be great!

Hey Mr. Cracker !

you need 184 pin memory (my opinion would be to get 2# sticks of 512 mb ram RUNNING "dual channel" mode - fastest )

you motherboard will allow you to use a AGP video card, older tech but hey, its what you got.... 64mb < I BELIEVE that is referring to the amount of ram your mobo will support for the agp video card (taking memory from your sticks)

here's a link to the egg's ram which will work in your case.....
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010170147+1052407860&name=DDR+333+(PC+2700)

ps... don't mix the 2 # different speeds ie... ( pc2100 and pc 2700 ) it will run on the lower speed module always- keep it the same speed in dual channel mode if you can buy the 2 sticks*

Good luckThanks for the response! So I'll be looking at two pc2700 sticks.

So basiclly my motherboard only supports up to a 64mb video card? I always thought that my video card that I have now that came with the computer supported up to 64mb if I were to change it in BIOS.

By the way what do you think of this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820144122in my opinion......anytime I see an item at the egg company with an excellent rating 80% or better It's got to be good.... I buy a lot there....
those are very nice sticks *

I would ask our members on additional info on the AGP cards if you like, I don't have much knowledge on those.....