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WizeOne

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I am running a P4 2.4ghz with 512 mbs of PC2700 DDR 333MHz ram. I am wondering if I should upgrade that to at least 1 gb?

If so, would it make any difference if I just add another 512 stick or should I go for one stick of 1 gb?

My MB will accomodate 3 gb's. Maybe I should jump to 2 sticks of 1gb?
 
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Re: Ram?

Yup, PCs never complain having too much memory.

Just don't bother with any more than 3GB if running XP. (XP can only address up to 3GB of RAM)
 
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Re: Ram?

If you are running Vista you need at least 2gb...Its a memory hog.
 
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Re: Ram?

WOW, to think I just replaced one of my 128 sticks with a 512 and am amazed at the new performance.
 
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Re: Ram?

I agree with others - the more the better.

You could run it with 512 for a while and if you need more speed, pop another 512 or so in... It's a cheap upgrade and you get A LOT of bang for your buck.
 
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Re: Ram?

Does anyone know what 'low density' RAM is all about. The same ebay vendor has 2 types of pc2700 ram, one labled 'low density' without an explanation. It is almost twice as expensive.

I did email the question to him last nite but have not yet received an answer.
 
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Re: Ram?

More RAM is better that more processor (within reason of course)
 
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Re: Ram?

:eek: OMG i almost missed this one....2700 ram huh...that's so damm old...is that older than you......:p
 
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Re: Ram?

WizeOne said:
oui vey, i got to put up with this BS?:p

btb, are you making another run at Ford? Time's ripe?
Click to expand...

Buying big @ 2.20 sell 2.70.....I might rank up there with OMR...were in a big oil topic right now...Im gonna leverage him hard...;)
 
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Talk about old. I remember when a computer meant a mainframe that needed a conditioned room the size of an airplane hanger to house it. 300 MB of hard disk was the size of a washing machine. 1 meg of memory was called mass storage, and was a million dollar machine. Ram was composed of little ferrite doughnuts with a matrix of wires through it, in stacks. A large business would run everything it needed to in 128 K of ram and a couple of 300 mb disks. I speak from experience. I was on the design teams creating some of these components, especially the ferrite memory.

Some were worried that a big computer was being assembled in Belgium with these components, assigned to control the world. (antichrist stuff, you know)
Now the average desktop PC has way more power than that beast ever could have, just based on calculations figuring in the speed that electricity travels in wire.

But St. Bill Gates has invented and foisted on the world an operating system that is so ineficient that the world is safe.

John
 
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