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l2es-chunkymr
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l2es-brune
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What motherboard do you have chunky? |
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l2es-chunkymr
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l2es-brune
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Wed Mar 17, 2010 2:49 pm |
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If your going to go for win 7 (x64) I would look to get 6gb of RAM in the mix. How much RAM do you have atm with the existing geil and what size sticks?
If you have 2x2gb sticks I would suggest possibly trying to get another 2gb of what you already have as I have a feeling you will not see a vast improvement by buying the slightly faster memory. Also the fastest your board can handle is DDR2 800.
As for cooling, you seriously have a portable fan?
lol!!!!
Fans come down to price I have used Akasa in the past and currently have a Coolermaster so I recommend both of these brands. |
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l2es-chunkymr
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Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:53 pm |
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I have 2x1gb sticks Geil 6400, I know that the kingston will run on my machine.
The memory kit supports DDR2 speeds of 1066MHz (PC8500), 800MHz (PC6400), 667MHz (PC5300), and 533MHz (PC4300). And with an additional 4GB of fast memory, your PC will be able to run games, creative software, advanced features, digital home, web hosting and more!
I was just wondering if the geil will.
And YES I do use a portable fan, but not as big as that. In conjuntion with a basic fan in my computer.... |
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l2es-chunkymr
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Wed Mar 17, 2010 5:04 pm |
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Could I not get the
CORSAIR CGMT2X4G800 PC2-6400 DDR2-800 DIMM RAM Memory Module Kit - 4GB (2x 2GB)
and run that with the geil 6400 2x1gb sticks and make that up to 6GB? |
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imitation_wicker
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First thing id think about when buying ram is speed/frequency and latencies.
RAM speed/frequency basically put; the higher the frequency the faster the ram, but always make sure your motherboard can handle the speed the modules were designed to run at.
Latency. basically put, you have two different RAM kits, both run at 1600Mhz. but their latencies are different. The kit with latencies of 7-7-7-18 will run faster than the kit at 8-8-8-24.
Voltage is also a concern as the higher the frequency, so too the voltage.
Looking at the 3 you've got your eye on, and your motherboard model, id personally buy the Corsair kit as it runs at 800Mhz, the supported frequency of your motherboard. To run the other two modules you'd have to overclock the system a little and if your were going down that route id buy the Geil modules. |
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l2es-chunkymr
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imitation_wicker
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l2es-chunkymr
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Wed Mar 17, 2010 7:06 pm |
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I was looking to run win 7 in 64 bit, would the first one u put up run it, the 8500?
Or should i get 4g of the 4600? To make mine up to 6GB. Would like to go down the 8500 option. |
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imitation_wicker
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Pretty much, the bigger your RAM is, the more applications you can run without having to use the page file, and that equals the system being more responsive when under heavy load, i.e. the bigger the cupboard, the more food you can store.
Faster frequency RAM means that the application/game being used will run faster than lower frequency RAM, i.e. more FPS because calculations are being sent quicker.
Id go down the 6GB option if your video/photo editing or running a dedicated server, these type of activities require alot of RAM to run effectively.
If your using the computer for day to day stuff and Gaming then the 4GB 1066Mhz (8400) would be an improvement-
I've currently got 2 x 2GB of 1600Mhz DDR3 running on Windows 7 64 bit and I hardly ever see memory usage go above 3.5GB, even when running a game :O |
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l2es-chunkymr
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l2es-chunkymr
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l2es-roguesamurai
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the pc8500 will work chunk, just at the slower speed that your m/b supports (pc6400)
the corsair xms2 pc6400 is whats in rogue_jnr's pc. will do the job fine.
If you wanna o/c the motherboard a little then get the pc8500 items so you can make use of the speed. 4 gig of either will do you fine. the memory will support any operating system. the only difference is between 32 or 64 bit. each section of memory has an address, 32 bit can only address 4 gigs worth of sections. however 512mb of that will be the on board memory of your graphics card, leaving 3.5 gig foor you m/b ram. so with the 64 bit operating system your getting, it can address x amount of memory sections. far more than you'll ever need. therefore making full use of the memory your going to fit. hope that helps. |
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l2es-roguesamurai
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