Some adivise on a new PC

[Takumi]

Ahhh, dammit. It says DDR ram and SDRam on the sticks? I dunno

easy difference - SDRAM will have 2 un-equally spaced notches along the bottom, DDR just has a single notch in the center along the bottom. you'll have to eject them from the slot to check the bottom edge of course.

I have 4 slots to plug stuff into (LOL) One has a modem in it, the others are empty. Whether or not I can plug a video card in I have no idea

the slot which has the modem plugged into it is a PCI slot, do the other 3 slots look the same as this? (in both size and colour) PCI slots are usually white.

an AGP slot is for a video card, sits right beside the PCI slots. agp slot is usually brown, slightly smaller and positioned further away from the edge.
ah, here you go:


white PCI slots and brown AGP slot

[Exar Kun]

Ahhh, dammit. It says DDR ram and SDRam on the sticks? I dunno

easy difference - SDRAM will have 2 un-equally spaced notches along the bottom, DDR just has a single notch in the center along the bottom. you'll have to eject them from the slot to check the bottom edge of course.

If it says DDR SDRAM on the RAM that's because it's double data rate SDRAM as opposed to SDR SDRAM (which usually just says SDRAM).

[Enforcer-J]

one slightly smaller brown slot

double data rate SDRAM

So my pc should be upgradable

*ponders once more*

[Crankcase]

one slightly smaller brown slot

Hmmmm...... filthymind