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jamiejim · June 2007

Right, I have 1GB of DDR2 533mhz RAM at the moment. But feel the need to increase it to 2GB. Been looking at this, but is there anything better out there? I need it to be as cheap as possible.

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mmm_pie · June 2007

www.pcmu.co.uk often have some good deals.

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Shadow_Conspiracy · June 2007

Right now, do you have 1 x 1gb or 2 x 512mb?

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jamiejim · June 2007

2 x 512. Forgot to mention, my motherboard is utter s[url][/url]hite and only has 2 memory slots. So im limited to 2 x 1GB

Shadow_Conspiracy · June 2007

Not trying to be like, condecending, but if you search google for 1gb vs. 2gb of ram , the concensus is that it's not really worth the extra, especially considering that you are already dual channel.

Might be better spent getting a new mobo/processor?

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jamiejim · June 2007

hmm, I vaguely remember hearing that as well. But, im running Vista (the resource hog) and its using 550MB of RAM just when it is idle. Do you not think 2GB would free up some memory for games/heavy duty apps?

Although a new MOBO or processor does sound tempting

Shadow_Conspiracy · June 2007

What processor are you running at the moment?

And if you are using on-board graphics, that will be stealing your RAM too.

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jamiejim · June 2007

Pentium D945 Dual Core 3.4ghz, and im running a 7600GS.

Shadow_Conspiracy · June 2007

Shouldn't need a new processor then.

Sounds like you could benefit from a new mobo though.

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jamiejim · June 2007

yer, any recommendations?

RobA · June 2007

What Mobo is it you have got now?

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Anonymous · June 2007

Nope, Vista doesn't do that.
What it DOES do, is use as much RAM as it can lay it's sweaty little hands on to pre-cache stuff, so that the files or programs you use most often are already loaded into RAM.

Here's the important bit that most people don't understand....
If you need to use the RAM it's using for pre-caching, it releases the cache, and allows you to use the RAM.

So even on a system with 64Gigs of RAM, Vista will attempt to use it ALL. Which is a good thing, as quite a few people have systems with 1 or 2 gigs of RAM, and this was usually going to waste before.

I've got three machines running Vista, one 2with 2-gig of RAM and one with 1-gig of RAM running vista 64-bit, and a laptop with 1 gig RAM running Vista 32-bit. All of them hum along quite happilly.
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hmm, I vaguely remember hearing that as well. But, im running Vista (the resource hog) and its using 550MB of RAM just when it is idle. Do you not think 2GB would free up some memory for games/heavy duty apps?

Although a new MOBO or processor does sound tempting
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rubber side up · June 2007

a new mobo would be more worthwhile, A) so you can upgrade at a later date, and

because in general, aftermarket mobo's are better than the ones that come in prebuilt pc's [:)]

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jamiejim · June 2007

righty ho...I will look around for a MOBO, although to tell you a truth- Im a bit scared about installing it. I have a feeling I will screw it up in some way

Shadow_Conspiracy · June 2007

Well everything just basically clips onto the mobo, which you would see if you whipped your case open.

I was scared of computers, but they are just modular, you unplug one bit and plug it back in.

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jamiejim · June 2007

Im comfortable with installing/removing components. But im sure i will get confused about where the wires go. I suppose if I draw myself a diagram of where they all plug into before I start I will be fine?

Anonymous · June 2007

erm, not quite.
Most things will only go in one hole, slot (oo-er!) such as power adapters, EDIE (hard disk + CDrom) Floppy drives, SATA (newer hard discs) and so on.
Unfortunately, the so-called front panel connectors (hard disk light, power light, reset switch, on-off switch, USB sockets, Firewire sockets, audio connectors and so on) are rarely the same. That infuriates me somewhat, because as far as I know, they are standardised, yet most cases have them all on single wire connectors.

Here's a tip for you though...
Most of these single connectors will have two wires, +ve and -ve. You'll usually have colours such as red, orange, green etc, and also a load of wires in the same colour. The way to figure out which one is -ve, or 'common' is to find out which colour is litterally common amongst them.

For example, say you've got a load of variously coloured wires, and a load of white ones. The white wire will be -ve or common. So find the two wires that say "PWR LED" or whatever (in this case power LED) and the coloured one will be positive, and the one with a common colour will be negative.

Hope that helps.

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jamiejim · June 2007

yer, it does. Cheers

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