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old_School
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Im looking to upgrade my computer. Currently has 2 gigs DDR2. Checking prices and now seems to be a good time to buy. I think I want to get 800mhz ddr2 but is there anything better? I think I can support DDR3 but I thought DDR3 required 3 sticks to make a bank and does not offer alot to compare price wise. What do u guys think? Stick with DDR2? Or go DDR3. If I stay with DDR2, I think I can add 4 more gigs for about 79.99 (Tiger Direct).

Computer is starting to run a little sluggish since Ive upgraded to Win 7 Pro. Ideas anyone?
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Fatal Berserker
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Posted: 31st Dec 2010 08:30 Edited at: 31st Dec 2010 08:30
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u dont need DDR3 yet... DDR2 is alot cheaper, meaning u can get more space...

is ur OS 32 or 64 bit?

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Phaelax
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Posted: 31st Dec 2010 09:21
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DDR3 does not require 3 sticks and does not mean triple channel. If your system uses DDR2 now, then I doubt it can fit DDR3 since I believe the slot on the stick is positioned differently (ie. it wont fit).

I'd just say just pick up 2 more gigs of DDR2-800, it's by far the cheapest right now because its the most commonly used.

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old_School
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Thanks guys Ill go DDR2 and grab the 2x4gig deal. Its a x64 OS btw. I would think 2 gigs is plunty to run the OS smoothly but Win7 seems to think differently lol An FPSC seems to not like it as well.
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Fatal Berserker
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you need 4gb anyway pretty much to run 64bit.

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PAGAN_old
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800mhz is the standard today for DDR2. but if your motherboard supports it. there is DDR2 memory out there thats faster. like around 1000 mhz but you need a motherboard that supports faster DDR2

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bitJericho
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Quote: "you need 4gb anyway pretty much to run 64bit."


Eh? 64bit oses don't use up any more ram...

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Eminent
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800mhz? Really? There's such thing? I thought the lowest was like 1066 or something.


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charger bandit
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Posted: 31st Dec 2010 18:07
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DDR has a 400mhz clock,why not?


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Indicium
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Posted: 31st Dec 2010 18:27
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Quote: "you need 4gb anyway pretty much to run 64bit."


Since when? 64 bit just allows you to use 4gb+ ram.

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old_School
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Yeah it goes up to 1200 i belive. When I bought the board a few years ago, I purchased top of the line hardware. I did not want to have to buy a new machine for another 5 to 7 years. An yes X64 OS will use slightly a little more Ram then 32 bit. Think about it. It's running two processor threads instead of a single core. If you have a dual core and your running a 32 Bit OS. Your OS is literly only using half your processors power. Because it cant run in dual core mode, there fore it can only operate a single core. Thus why the x64 bit OS was created when the Dual Core proscessor was created a few years back.
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charger bandit
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Um so why were quite some processors made in x64 but are single core?


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bitJericho
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Posted: 31st Dec 2010 19:41 Edited at: 31st Dec 2010 19:46
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Er, 64bit has nothing to do with the number of cores. 64bit is how much data a processor holds in it's data and address registers. It means faster processing for large numbers, and easier access to large memory addresses.

In reality, the big benefit of 64bit architecture is the fact that you can have way more than 4gb total memory in your computer.

32bit OSes do infact use both cores. In fact, 32bit OSes are usually faster for running software that's compiled in 32bit mode due to processor emulation. 64bit apps running on 64bit processes should theoretically be just as fast though.

And the speed difference is marginal though on 64bit OSes running 32 bit softare, because of the fact that you can use more than 4gb of ram.

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Phaelax
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Sorry old_school, but you are way off about the relation between a 64-bit OS and mutli-core processors.

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old_School
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Ahhh well thats what i was told by my proffessor when I was in college when x64 first was introduced.
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Fatal Berserker
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Posted: 1st Jan 2011 02:13 Edited at: 1st Jan 2011 05:03
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nvm

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Quote: "it isnt called x64"


it is...

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