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Hey guys, im new here. Basically i want to add more memory to my computer, but im not quite sure what to.
I have a Asus P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe motherboard, i have two nvidia 7600gt gfx cards, but only 1 gig of memory, which makes even some old games hard to play. Ive been on a couple of websites, but there seems to be all kinds of memory sticks to buy, and im still kinda new to this stuff as this is really my first good computer. So if any of you could point me in the right direction on what to buy that would be great. (I'm looking to add as much memory as possible) thx |
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#2
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Your board takes DDR2 memory up to a speed of 800,you have 4 slots on board.If your running Vista 64 and you want keep your 1 gig which I presume is in 1 stick then go for 2 sticks of 2 gig and 1 of 1 gig trouble is it needs to be matched. You maybe better putting 4 sticks of matched 2gig in and selling on the single stick.Buy a decent brand Crucial,Corsair. If you're on XP 32 bit anything above 2 gig is a waste and I think its the same for Vista 32 bit. Just had a thought though if you're struggling to play old games it maybe something else with your rig, whats the spec.
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Well i don't have vista yet, im running xp home at the moment.
What specs are u looking for exactly? the dxdiag thing? thats a long list |
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No don't need all that at the mo just run CPU-Z and post the results. really just looking for HDD CPU and what it's clocking. re the ram if you're going to go to Vista go with the 8 GIG but if you're sticking with XP it doesn't handle more than 2 gig.
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#5
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Is this what your looking for?
Processor(s) Number of processors 1 Number of cores 1 per processor Number of threads 2 (max 2) per processor Name Intel Pentium 4 650 Specification Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.40GHz Package Socket 775 LGA Family/Model/Stepping F.4.3 Extended Family/Model F.4 Core Stepping N0 Technology 90 nm Core Speed 3400.3 MHz Multiplier x Bus speed 17.0 x 200.0 MHz Rated Bus speed 800.1 MHz Stock frequency 3400 MHz Instruction sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, EM64T L1 Data cache 16 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size Trace cache 12 Kuops, 8-way set associative L2 cache 2048 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size Chipset & Memory Northbridge NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Intel Edition rev. C1 Southbridge NVIDIA nForce4 MCP rev. A4 Graphic Interface PCI-Express PCI-E Link Width x16 PCI-E Max Link Width x16 Memory Type DDR2 Memory Size 1024 MBytes Memory Frequency 266.7 MHz (3:4) CAS# Latency (tCL) 4.0 clocks RAS# to CAS# (tRDC) 4 clocks RAS# Precharge (tRP) 4 clocks Cycle Time (tRAS) 12 clocks Bank Cycle Time (tRC) 16 clocks System System Manufacturer alienware System Name alienware System S/N 12345 Mainboard Vendor ASUSTeK Computer INC. Mainboard Model P5N32-SLI-SE-Deluxe BIOS Vendor American Megatrends Inc. BIOS Version 0302 BIOS Date 07/27/2006 Memory SPD Module 1 DDR2, PC2-4300 (266 MHz), 512 MBytes, Micron Technology Module 2 DDR2, PC2-4300 (266 MHz), 512 MBytes, Micron Technology Software Windows Version Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 2600) DirectX Version 9.0c |
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Sorry for the delay it's Saturday wife shopping yada,yada, The P4 isn't the best for gaming .I think you're right you need to up the ram I would sell the 2 512 and put something like this in OCZ 800SR2GK goning to be about £90 and change your CPU for a c2du0. At the moment you spec looks a little unbalanced.
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#7
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ok thx man. Looks like im spending some money:)
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#8
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No worry that's what forum's are for. When yo're ready to upgrade post and somebody will advise on the CPU.
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#9
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THats good grush, thanks for you list to us. Its really help me about that. I think want to upgrade my RAM right now..
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