Average ram type in 2005?

[John96]

What type of ram did they use around 2005? and what was the average frequency?

 

[Onus]

In 2005, DDR2-800 was pretty much the standard. Higher overclocks were possible, but some boards/chipsets (e.g. P35) really didn't like running over the JEDEC standard 1.8V.

 

[Joseph DeGarmo]

Mainly DDR was used with Pentium 4 CPUs. Not sure about the frequency, though.

 

[TechyInAZ]

I believe it was DDR an DDR2. I wasn't into computers at that time so i don't know much.

 

[Rogue Leader]

It was generally DDR2 PC2100, PC2700, PC3200 etc and ran at 400 mhz from what I remember and generally you didn't bother with more than 2 GB because that was Windows XP's limit. Over PC3200 you increased speed 533 mhz, 667, etc up to 1066. I think 800 mhz was the top on 2005 but I may be off a bit.

High end performance memory had heat spreader plates on them, but you generally didn't see heatsinks like you do today.