How much RAM?

tunis5000 · Post by **tunis5000** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 10:21 am

I'm going to have some spare cash next month so I'm planning on doing a major upgrade. Haven't had one in 2 1/2 years, so it's time. I currently have a gig of RAM, and was wondering if that's still enough and will last me the next couple years, or should I spend the big bux and go for more? The most intensive things I use the computer for are gaming and DVD copying, what do you guys think?

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 10:25 am

with next OS 1.5-2 might be sugested.

Greg

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 1:27 pm

I still feel 1Gb is all anyone needs right now except MAYBE very serious Photoshop users.

Keep in mind most modern mobos support dual channel mode which means better performance, but in order to use it you need two matched sticks.

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 6:21 pm

kicked my main rig up from 1 to 1.5 but really don't notice that much of a difference - unless I have a game like WOW playing in the background and I go do something else for a while like surfing, etc., additional apps seem to load faster

Augix · Post by **Augix** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 7:04 pm

Hi, I have 2 GB total - 1GB x2 , as FP says I only notice the difference in photoshop when you handle huge files , I would say in files over 5 MB up to 40+ MB you can see that extra power but besides that 1GB can do almost everyhting.

Key Keeper · Post by **Key Keeper** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 10:22 pm

1 gig is plenty for what you do. F.P. is pointing in the right direction though. If you are still using an older motherboard with less than pc2700 or single channel mem, then the overall speed will always be choked. I have never owned a machine with less than pc3200(400mhz). The few times that I have had to use a machine with pc100 or 133 and single channel, I thought I would be eligible for social security be for it ever opened "My Documents". As cheap as motherboard/processor combos are these days, you would be wasting you money on more mem. Also mem timings make a but load of difference. The next time you buy memory, make sure the "Cas Latency" is below 3.

tunis5000 · Post by **tunis5000** » Sun May 01, 2005 9:02 am

thanks guys, I'll stick to 1 gig but I'll make sure it's the best RAM I can get...

tunis5000 · Post by **tunis5000** » Sun May 01, 2005 11:44 am

oh I forgot to ask, I take it I should go with AMD?

eGoCeNTRoNiX · Post by **eGoCeNTRoNiX** » Sun May 01, 2005 9:01 pm

That's a Big 10-4

AMD-64 seems to be the way to go.

Socket 939

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Sun May 01, 2005 9:08 pm

yea, amd 939, pci-e, DFI mboard

Greg