Ram question

Xamari · #1 13th Jul 2007, 16:20

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

**grush** · #2 13th Jul 2007, 22:09

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.

Xamari · #3 14th Jul 2007, 00:15

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

**grush** · #4 14th Jul 2007, 01:07

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.

Xamari · #5 14th Jul 2007, 01:52

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

**grush** · #6 14th Jul 2007, 12:00

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.