CRUCIAL REND ram compatible with Dell Dimension E520?

Shaitan00 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:18:13 GMT

I have a DELL DIMENSION E520 that currently has 2x512 megs of RAM (1gig of ProMos PC2-4200 DDR 533mhz) and I want to upgrade (add 2 gigs for Vista) - after a lot of comments and reviews I found that the best price/quality for my Dell (keeping in mind my current ram and wanted to spend as little $ as possible) would be CRUSIAL.

When I go to the CRUSIAL web page (for my model) they recommend the following:
http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.aspx?model=Dimension%20E520

When I check out my local store they have the following Crusial RAM at good prices:
- CRUCIAL REND 667MHZ DDR2 NO-ECC 2GB @ $29
- CRUCIAL REND 800MHZ DDR2 NO-ECC 2GB @ $35
- CRUCIAL REND 800MHZ DDR2 NO-ECC 1GB @ $19 (I would get 2 for dual-channel)

This raises 2 questions ...
- Is the REND version of Crusial the same as the one they recommend? Will it work? The other Crusials are kind of expensive...

- What would be the best thing to buy?
- 1x 2gig 667mhz @ $29 // my current RAM is at 533mhz
- 1x 2gig 800mhz @ $35 // my current RAM is at 533mhz
- 2x 1gig 800mhz dual channel @ $38

Obviously the first question is the most important ... can REND even work with my PC ... does it match what Crusial is recommending (can't find much info on this "REND" stuff)...

Any advice, help, information would be much appreciated.
Thanks,

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CRUCIAL REND ram compatible with Dell Dimension E520?