Asus P5GD1 RAM question

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PerKr

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I guess my computer would be considered almost antique here, being based on a P5GD1 motherboard with 1GB RAM and a 2.8GHz processor. But it's what I have and it works fine for what I built it to do. Actually seems to work better than the computer I have at work...

Anyway, I'm considering adding more RAM and was sort of hoping to have 4GB in dual channel mode, but the qualified vendors list in the P5GD1 manual (and on asus homepage) is ridiculous. There are no 1GB memories listed which can be used to get 4GB in dual channel mode, and for single channel mode the manual seems to suggest only a single slot can be used. Is anyone successfully running 4GB in dual (or single) channel mode with the P5GD1 motherboard? Or am I limited to using 4x512MB? Not that I don't think 2GB would be sufficient for me, but the more the better, right? And what's to be preferred, 2GB dual channel or 4GB single channel?
 
I don' think you gonna need a 4GB dual-channel RAM memory for your motherboard and a 2.8GHz processor. 2GB Dual-Channel 1066MHz is definitely enough for your PC
 
If you are just a standard user of windows, not too much of a gamer or do video editing then 2gb of ram is more than enough to get by on. I would actually upgrade from 1 to 2 gb. But you can find out how much ram you are using and judge if you need more or not.
 
Your motherboard supports DDR1 RAM memory and up t 4GB. Windows XP has a limit of 4GB RAM on one system. Although it limits to 4GB, only 3.5GB is visible and usable. 2GB Dual-Channel will be a good choice
 
johnb35 said:
If you are just a standard user of windows, not too much of a gamer or do video editing then 2gb of ram is more than enough to get by on. I would actually upgrade from 1 to 2 gb. But you can find out how much ram you are using and judge if you need more or not.
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Luckily, I don't have time for playing games. It's mainly CAD and some FEA for now mixed up with some photo editing. Planning to use it for recording (guitar + song as a minimum) as well (need to decide on a proper soundcard for that as well). I don't think 1GB isn't enough, but adding more seems like a good idea either way.
 
I wouldn't go more than 3 gb then, unless you are running a 64 bit operating system, then you can get 4gb.
 
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