Jas
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where would you notice it?
recording?
openning programs?
copying programs?
having alot of windows open?
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Brett
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You'd probably notice it here the most tbh 
Old laptop by the way
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Jas
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<3 xx brett xx <3
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Dom
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You would notice 2GB over 1GB fairly if using newer games, photoshop, video editing, composing/producing music (especially with using CPU based soft-synths/virtual instruments).
Difference between the speed of the ram is marginal though (obviously spend as much as you can afford on decent ram) but the only thing you'll see is a higher dick-rating under benchmarks 
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Steve
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good tip if you have loads of ram, turn off the paging file, force the computer to use the faster ram to do its paging 
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Jas
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
good tip if you have loads of ram, turn off the paging file, force the computer to use the faster ram to do its paging
i currently have 1gb
was offered an additional 512mb x 2 for £20 so i took them...
please explain what you mean and how to do it steve
cheers
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Steve
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only if you have loads of ram, turn off the paging file, set it to zero..
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Jas
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
only if you have loads of ram, turn off the paging file, set it to zero..
2 gig not enough?
what paging file too 
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drax
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No you need 3GB + for no page file really
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DarkBahamut
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IMO the page file should never be disabled on any home desktop PC, as its a waste of time.
Turning the page file off will likely slow your computer down than speed it up. Windows only puts things into the page file that it hardly need to access anyway (as long as you have lots of memory). By forcing windows to not use a page file, this uses more RAM and leaves less for the system cache, which means programs open slower.
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Steve
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quote:
Originally posted by DarkBahamut
IMO the page file should never be disabled on any home desktop PC, as its a waste of time.
Turning the page file off will likely slow your computer down than speed it up. Windows only puts things into the page file that it hardly need to access anyway (as long as you have lots of memory). By forcing windows to not use a page file, this uses more RAM and leaves less for the system cache, which means programs open slower.
hence why i said if you have plenty of RAM 
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Jas
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fitted the ram and the pc wont start up lol its ddr 400 pc3200 512mb cl3 each like the ones i have already but they look a tad smaller and they have the lettering eec on the back which the originals dont have...
anyone know if theyd be differant?
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Steve
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youl need to find out what speed your motherboard supports, although it should run it, just at a slower speed
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Jas
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but its 400mhz like the ones i have in there...
both are pc3200 like the other ones is that not enough?
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Steve
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try taking one out, various combinations
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Steve
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also take bios battery out for a minute to reset to defaults, see if that makes any diff
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Jas
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but if i take the battery out am I going to have to change anything in bios after?
i tried all 4 at a time,
2 old and one new
1 old and one new
before and not one of those combinations worked, but would bios really make that much of a differance?
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Steve
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quote:
Originally posted by Jas
but if i take the battery out am I going to have to change anything in bios after?
only if youve changed anything specific
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Jas
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so if i just pop the battery out it wont affect anything?
and It actually worth doing?
the chips on the new RAM are shorter than the old one
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Jas
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 see the differance
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Jas
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one is ecc and one isn't whats the difference?
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Steve
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the ram chips maybe different but the sticks look the same type
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Jas
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i bought them for under £20 so il ebay them and buy identical ones to the ones i have now with my profit, could I run a 1gb pc3200 with my 2 original pc3200 512mb's/
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