PQI POWER Series 256MB 168-Pin SDRAM PC 133 Desktop Memory Model MS3856UOE

Pros: Great upgrade for the price.

Cons: Not compatible with all boards.

Overall Review: Back in the day, when HP & Dell were primarily using boards with Intel chipsets - they were picky about what memory they would take. The trick is to make sure to have a Cas Latency of 3 on those boards. I tried this in an old Pavilion with no luck - traded it to my buddy for a stick of his with CL of 3, worked good. Just do your research.

Pros: Works perfectly fine.

Cons: High-densisity (single-sided) memory.

Overall Review: Yup, it's high-density all-right. I'm hoping to max out an old motherboard using 3 256 meg chips and it seems it can only read 128 MB per side. As I understand it since all the chips on a high density stick are crammed onto one side (ie: single sided), my board can only read 128MB of it (the max it can read on a single side). So, my options are to find a double sided 256 or 512MB stick to drop into it. (Yes, a double-sided 512MB stick will work since it has 128MB on each side. A single sided 512MB stick would still only read as 128MB.) I imagine that anyone attempting to max out an old motherboard would have this same issue, so to anyone doing this I suggest you check if it's labeled as high density and also check the pictures to see if it's double-sided. If I understand it correctly it should always match up (High density = Single sided). Unfortunately the product images for this item do not currently show the back side, but it is indeed high-density.

Pros: Shipment Was Exceptional I Ordered wrong Product and Exchange was made Without any Hassels.

Cons: None

Pros: This worked just like it should

Cons: None

Overall Review: Its Ram

Pros: Suitable packaging.

Cons: Ordered for a Compaq Evo D300v uT. After installation, machine wouldn't even boot. To rule out a problem with the Compaq's memory slot, I tried to install the RAM into a Dell Dimension 4100. Same problem. Considering other reviews left on this product. Compatibility problems with this RAM seem to be rather pervasive. Order at own risk.

Overall Review: Newegg delivered it in a prompt manner... as always.

Pros: Added one of these 256MB strips to my Gigabyte GA-60XE motherboard (Intel 815EP chipset) and it works fine. Brought the total RAM up to 512MB - the board's max. I'm running Windows XP Home Edition and the added RAM gave me a noticeable performance boost.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Newegg's shipping was fast - I received it in two days.

Pros: the price was cheap, it had nothing to do with the pqi brand, I bought another memory from the same brand worked just fine for my other computer.

Cons: didn't work for the HP pavilion type but just gave you a black screen, and didn't like the restocking fee and tax when returned the shipment.

Overall Review: still shop with newegg.com, it provided a very fast service in shipping and return shipment.

Pros: Cheap, Wasnt sure it would work with my Desktop.

Cons: None so far.

Overall Review: Newegg really should put some sort of compatable finder on there site so people are not guessing all the time as to what they need when it comes to memory.