What type of RAM does the Core 2 Duo take?

[ManyPandas]

A friend recently gave me an old PC that he would have trashed otherwise. It has an Intel Pentium Duo E2140. I'm wondering what type of RAM it takes. DDR3, DDR2, DDR1, or DDR? I'm not sure.

 

[CountMike]

Most probably DDR2 but also depends on MB, there are even some with DDR2 and DDR3 slots.

 

[sps02121985]

Depends on the motherboard. DDR2 or DDR3.

 

[Deleted member 1772425]

A friend recently gave me an old PC that he would have trashed otherwise. It has an Intel Pentium Duo E2140. I'm wondering what type of RAM it takes. DDR3, DDR2, DDR1, or DDR? I'm not sure.

It's most likely going to be using DDR2, but certain motherboards use DDR3, so you have multiple options:
- You can take a look inside the PC, take out a RAM stick, and look at its sticker: if you see PC2, then it's DDR2.
- If you don't feel comfortable putting your hands inside a PC, you can simply run CPU-Z on the PC and take a look at the "Memory" section where all the details will be listed.