RAM question

ultipig

ultipig

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Hello,

I own two sticks of Corsair 2gb ddr2 ram. (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145194&cm_re=xms2-_-20-145-194-_-Product)

I also have the Asus m3n72-d (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131323&cm_re=m3n72-d-_-13-131-323-_-Product)

My motherboard supports 1066 ram and can support another 4gb (8gb total). Would it really be worth it to buy 4bg more ram at 1066mhz (not specifically these modules) to add to my system?

I mainly use this system for gaming and such. Any other specs can be posted if needed. Thanks.
 
If you add another 4 gigabytes of RAM to your present system you wouldn't notice a difference in processing power. If you pulled your DDR2 800 memory out and replaced it with DDR2 1066 memory you would see a small increase in performance but in my opinion it isn't worth it.

What are your processor and video card specifications?
 
@Slacker7: I'm running Windows XP SP3 32-bit currently. If I were to eventually make this upgrade, my OS would be Windows 7 64-bit. I do know a lot about memory.

@2048Megabytes: My processor is the (old) Phenom 9750 at stock clocks, my video card is the EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 at stock clocks.
 
To run 1066 is that standard or do you have to overclock?

As for more RAM I would say a) no with XP but when you b) upgrade to Windows 7 64 at least two more gigs should do you fine.
 
Slacker7 said:
To run 1066 is that standard or do you have to overclock?

As for more RAM I would say a) no with XP but when you b) upgrade to Windows 7 64 at least two more gigs should do you fine.
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About the 1066 thing, I would buy different sticks, suck as these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231166, just two packs (four sticks, 8gb)

I have a full 1080p 21.5" monitor (1920x1080 resolution) that really requires a powerful video card (that's where my GTX 260 comes in) to max out games. I'm just curious if I can get better performance with more ram or faster ram.
 
Generally more ram is better than faster ram, but the difference from 4gigs to 8gigs is so minimal you won't notice a difference...

Unless your doing the photo editing thing, then in that case, i would upgradeif you werent happy with what you have.

But i wouldn't upgrade...
 
I'm quite proud of my computer, being a fifteen-year-old owning a $1400 machine and all.

I'm planning on upgrading for a long time instead of buying a different computer, considering my motherboard's flexibility. Having a lot of ram is somewhat a boasting right and shows that you care about your machine and have put a lot of work and money into it. At least that's what I think. This is one of those important upgrades.
 
Haha yah it does have some bragging rights that come along with having 8gigs of ram, and yah, im proud of mine too, although ive put about 1100 into it.
 
mx344 said:
Haha yah it does have some bragging rights that come along with having 8gigs of ram, and yah, im proud of mine too, although ive put about 1100 into it.
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I have paid too much for a few parts, including my processor. I remember paying $140 for it, which I could have easily spent on a Phenom II 955. I wasn't too technologically savvy back when I first bought this rig, and plan to fix some mistakes. I already have by spending a hefty $215 upgrading my previous Diamond 4650 to the GTX 260 as that was first on the list. In my opinion it was a great upgrade.
 
^yah, im with you man, if i would have known better, i would have got an am2+ board that could fit the newer phenoms in it. But o well, i guess ill jus get a new mobo in a few months.
 
I got lucky with my mobo. About 4 months after buying it, Asus made a BIOS update for it and now it supports AM3 cpus, originally only supporting AM2 and AM2+ cpus. :D
 
I would look into getting a BIOS update for your motherboard and selling your first generation Phenom Quad-Core. Use the money to help purchase one of these processors:

Phenom II 550 Dual-Core (3.1 gigahertz) Processor - $98
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...103680&cm_re=Phenom_II-_-19-103-680-_-Product

You will have to buy a heatsink with the below processor:
Phenom II 720 Tri-Core (2.8 gigahertz) Processor - $105
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...103652&cm_re=Phenom_II-_-19-103-652-_-Product
 
2048Megabytes said:
I would look into getting a BIOS update for your motherboard and selling your first generation Phenom Quad-Core. Use the money to help purchase one of these processors:

Phenom II 550 Dual-Core (3.1 gigahertz) Processor - $98
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...103680&cm_re=Phenom_II-_-19-103-680-_-Product

You will have to buy a heatsink with the below processor:
Phenom II 720 Tri-Core (2.8 gigahertz) Processor - $105
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...103652&cm_re=Phenom_II-_-19-103-652-_-Product
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Flatly said, no. I'm not going to buy any dual-core or triple-core Phenoms. The one that I have is fine now, doesn't cause any problems. It runs nice and cool (22c at idle) and has some great processing power. If I'm going to upgrade, it's going to be a 955.
 
Time is on your side. Processors always drop in price after they are released. I think once a processor gets to be around $70 in price that is about the lowest they go before being discontinued.

The Phenom II 955 Quad-Core is a great processor. I wish my motherboard would have supported the Phenom II 945 95 Watt processor. I like 95 Watt central processing units over the 125 Watt units.
 
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