I have my first build which I made a few mistakes on. One being I thought I was buying dual channel RAM but it was actually two 1GB sticks. I now want to upgrade to 4GB of dual channel and was looking for suggestions. Gaming, encoding, burning, ripping, are all important to me. I would like to get both sticks now, but if quality warrants I could spend more and buy them separately. I am pretty sure I want 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400). I am off to work, will be back later tonight.
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Suggestions for my RAM Plz
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bobneedshelp54
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That doesn't mean it's not running in dual channel. Check your BIOS to see if it is or not.IOne being I thought I was buying dual channel RAM but it was actually two 1GB sticks.
I now want to upgrade to 4GB of dual channel and was looking for suggestions. Gaming, encoding, burning, ripping, are all important to me. I would like to get both sticks now, but if quality warrants I could spend more and buy them separately. I am pretty sure I want 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400). I am off to work, will be back later tonight.
In general, you're not going to notice a difference between dual channel and non-dual channel (single channel?). Gaming is the only RAM-intensive task listed there; encoding/burning/ripping are all processor intensive programs.
What are the rest of your system specs?
I am just home on dinner and have to get going. I was thinking something more along the lines of this http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=2143. A 2x2 GB. That way I could run 4 GB in my two ram slots.
bobneedshelp54
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Alright first off that RAM is overkill.
Second, make sure your motherboard will support that. What model is it?
Third, XP 32-bit will only see 3.5GB of RAM if you put 4GB in. Not a huge deal...but it does do that.
Second, make sure your motherboard will support that. What model is it?
Third, XP 32-bit will only see 3.5GB of RAM if you put 4GB in. Not a huge deal...but it does do that.
This is my motherboard. ASUS P5K PLVM G31, 1333FSB, Onboard Video,PCI Express,DDR2,Sound,1gb LAN
I may upgrade to vista eventually. The recommended settings for farcry, hellgate london, and other games are not at the maximum and I thought the extra ram would help. Also I may eventually upgrade the motherboard. Is the ram difference that bad between vista and windows since vista requires more to run? Is dual channel where I can run a 2GB piece of ram in one slot? And I like overkill but why else would I want 4GB of sweet ram if not for gaming and doing multiple things at once, virus scan, gaming, and burning a cd at once?
I may upgrade to vista eventually. The recommended settings for farcry, hellgate london, and other games are not at the maximum and I thought the extra ram would help. Also I may eventually upgrade the motherboard. Is the ram difference that bad between vista and windows since vista requires more to run? Is dual channel where I can run a 2GB piece of ram in one slot? And I like overkill but why else would I want 4GB of sweet ram if not for gaming and doing multiple things at once, virus scan, gaming, and burning a cd at once?
bobneedshelp54
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Heck yes. Vista is a huge resource killer...something like 300-500MB of RAM overhead for a game, iirc.Is the ram difference that bad between vista and windows since vista requires more to run?
Not at all. It's a method to enable identical (or sometimes not) RAM sticks to have separate channels to the system. Nothing to do with size.Is dual channel where I can run a 2GB piece of ram in one slot?
Look here for more information on dual channel.
I never said there's anything wrong with it, as long as you're going to use it. I certainly use most of the 4GB(3.5GB) of my RAM. Just don't get the RAM you linked there, no need for it. You won't notice a difference between CAS latency of 5 vs 4 or anything like that.And I like overkill but why else would I want 4GB of sweet ram if not for gaming and doing multiple things at once, virus scan, gaming, and burning a cd at once?
This one isn't bad for a 4GB set
However, are you sure you only have 2 RAM slots? I looked up your motherboard and there wasn't much info anywhere, but it seemed like you have 4 slots. Please just confirm this for me so I don't give you any wrong information.
Ok, seperate channels, that makes sense. I am certain that I only have 2 ram slots for a max of 4GB of ram. I read that several times in my motherboard manual. Here is a pic of my current ram as well.
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o313/UCpsychstudent/IMG_1506.jpg
I will seriously consider the ram you suggested. My next eventual upgrade, other than minor add ons, may be a quad core processor, then vista, then 8GB of ram. These may not happen forever though. Oh, can I be sure that ram is compatible with my motherboard? The list in the manual is not really extensive.
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o313/UCpsychstudent/IMG_1506.jpg
I will seriously consider the ram you suggested. My next eventual upgrade, other than minor add ons, may be a quad core processor, then vista, then 8GB of ram. These may not happen forever though. Oh, can I be sure that ram is compatible with my motherboard? The list in the manual is not really extensive.
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