James
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I'm going to throw some money at my PC and decided that RAM is the best place to start.
I wanna make it super fast and i'm considering 4GB along with an upgrade to Vista.
Do either of these deals look any good?
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/91124
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/98708
Cheers,
James
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Cosmo
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whats the spec of your PC?
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James
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It was a gd spec when I built it but its a bit old now
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Cosmo
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Can that MoBo support 4x1GB? Or does it need 2x2GB for it to support 4GB total? (I think the latter!)
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John
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Does your board support DDR2 ram?
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Cosmo
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Did a quick search for the specs and think I found it (guessing its the right age and not a revised version as not sure when you bought yours) and it has 4x memory slots but not DDR2.
So stuck with DDR upto PC3200.
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James
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What a load of tripe.
May consider a mobo upgrade then.
FFS The motherboard was a top one when I bought it, just assumed it supported DDR2
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topshot_2k
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no 939 sockets where replaced by AM2 sockets that support DDR2 memory. best of with an AM2 or an intel based board tbh.
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James
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This is going to end up in me completely rebuilding my machine which i'm not sure if I can be arsed to do TBH.
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topshot_2k
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AM2 boards are cheap enough although you will need new CPU.
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Cosmo
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quote:
Originally posted by James
This is going to end up in me completely rebuilding my machine which i'm not sure if I can be arsed to do TBH.
I was thinking that!!
Maybe consider looking into over clocking?
What are you using this machine for mostly?
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topshot_2k
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wont get much more out of that with overclocking.
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James
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I only really use it for day to day stuff, the most intensive software I use is Visual Studio and SQL Server which are pretty intensive but I don't use it for gaming or anything like that, just fancied it a bit faster.
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Cosmo
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quote:
Originally posted by topshot_2k
wont get much more out of that with overclocking.
O RLY?
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1758
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Cosmo
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quote:
Originally posted by James
I only really use it for day to day stuff, the most intensive software I use is Visual Studio and SQL Server which are pretty intensive but I don't use it for gaming or anything like that, just fancied it a bit faster.
Upgrade the ram then, but wouldnt go to 4GB. Improve the cooling and possibly overclock.
What graphics card you using?
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topshot_2k
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this would help,
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/125398/rb/0
its quicker and has twice as much cache memory.
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Cosmo
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quote:
Originally posted by topshot_2k
this would help,
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/125398/rb/0
its quicker and has twice as much cache memory.
or slightly slower but dual core
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/112959/rb/0
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Cosmo
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or even better...
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=505239
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James
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TBH The graphics card is absolutely pants but it was the only thing I held back on.
Will that have much of an effect if I don't use it for gaming though?
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topshot_2k
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no, Processor and RAM for the uses you listed above
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Cosmo
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It wouldnt be the first thing I improved if the system wasnt for gaming.
Would personally go for a faster CPU (last one I posted probably being the best) and upgrading the RAM to 2GB of decent DDR stuff.
And after that I'd look at improving the cooling (good non-standard CPU cooler such as the Artic Cooling Freezer Pro 7 which is only about £13) and then possibly look into overclocking it if you want more performance.
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