8 or 16 chip ram?

ok here it goes.
i have a sony vaio model #pcv-rx360ds
pentium 3 866mhz
intel 815 chipset (direct agp)
128 mb pc133 sdram
i want to up the ram to 512 (max allowed)
i have heard that i need to use a 16 chip stick of ram. is this true? and if so a couple of suggestions would help me out alot . i am buying from newegg.com. also how to tell an 8 chip from a 16 chip.

 

You have heard? exactly from who/what?

 

while i was looking into what ram i needed someone said something about , if your comp. can handle 512mb per slot then it can take 8 chip. if it can only handle 256mb per slot then you need to use 16 chip . i just don't want to order the wrong kind.

 

heres what the memory configurator at crucial recommends....

http://www.crucial.com/store/listpa...Sony&cat=RAM&model=VAIO+PCV-RX360DS&submit=Go


all of those appear to be 16 chip 168 pin DIMM's... so there you go.

 

crucial is good ram? i don't know much about this. thank you for the help

 

yeah

 

thanks for the help . i am going to go with the crucial.