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| 288087 | 2004-11-05 01:09:00 | SY what chipset/motherboard do you have? Dual channel only really benefits Intel CPU when used with the 865/875 chipset. Its probably a good idea to buy 1x512mb stick, as buying several small stick will use up DIMMS and restrict your upgrades at a future date. Transcend is pretty good, a friend of mine has some of their DDR500 with Samsung chips, overclocks really well but will also run really tight timings at DDR400. |
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| 288088 | 2004-11-05 01:26:00 | I am thinking of getting the following Asustek P5GD1-VM Intel Pentium 4 530 3.0GHz Skt 775 512MB PC3200 ram of some sort Seagate 80GB 7200rpm Serial ATA Floppy Drive CDRW iCute 0301SL CMV CT-722A 17" LCD monitor Sorry guys about the Intel bit :p I have decided and thats how it is. I have looked at AMD, but ... no in the end. No more details in that aspect. I don't think I will need a graphics card as I dont play games, hence stayed with a board that is onboard. However, having said that, all my PCs at the moment have graphics cards in them, so, I may want a graphics card (PCI-E) seeing as I'm earning more now. Heh! Anyways, there are four dimms in there, so I won't be too quite on using them all anyway. Chances are, I'll get to 1GB of ram max. before I get a new PC. So, I'm fine with having 256 sticks as far as that goes. I'm not a power user as you all know. 512mb should be more than enough for my current use anyway. Thanks, |
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| 288089 | 2004-11-05 01:28:00 | By the way, that is a Intel 915G chipset here (www.asus.com) | ~~~~~ s y ~~~~~ (2054) | ||
| 288090 | 2004-11-05 01:35:00 | Nice system if your the sort of person who likes to heat there house with their PC :p Havent heard much about the 915G chipset, other than that manufactuers are struggling to sell motherboard based on them. Intel chipsets are generally pretty hardy when it come to memory compatibility. It would be a good idea to choose 2x256mb sticks of ram with that system as dual channel offers 10-20% performance increase for the bandwidth hungry P4. |
Pete O'Neil (250) | ||
| 288091 | 2004-11-05 01:47:00 | > Nice system if your the sort of person who likes to > heat there house with their PC :p Exactly what I was thinking when I was considering the AMD :p They don't make it 'hot enough' anymore. This could save my parents a bit of power to pay for and keep me warm all year long :) |
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| 288092 | 2004-11-05 01:48:00 | Sorry to post again, but if your wondering about the price, it is $1420 incl. GST a week ago. I've already got the kybd, mse, spkrs worth roughly $100 though. | ~~~~~ s y ~~~~~ (2054) | ||
| 288093 | 2004-11-05 02:00:00 | Just had a quick thought SY, have you considered one of ATI chipsets? They come with intergrated 9100 graphics, which whoops the pants off anything Intel has to offer. ATI are also expected to release new chipsets for both Intel and AMD within the next week or so, which should also provide a upgraded IGP. | Pete O'Neil (250) | ||
| 288094 | 2004-11-05 02:06:00 | if you mix two different types of ram will they | ApeNz (4220) | ||
| 288095 | 2004-11-05 02:08:00 | if you mix two different types of ram will they work togeather in duel channel | ApeNz (4220) | ||
| 288096 | 2004-11-05 02:20:00 | > Just had a quick thought SY, have you considered one > of ATI chipsets? They come with intergrated 9100 > graphics, which whoops the pants off anything Intel > has to offer. ATI are also expected to release new > chipsets for both Intel and AMD within the next week > or so, which should also provide a upgraded IGP. I can't see anything with an ATI chipset on the LGA775 range with PCI-E capabilities. Bear in mind, I want to keep costs on minimum as weel as keeping with brands such as Asus and Gigabyte. Can you help me find some ApeNZ > I was told that dual channel rams needed to have the same amount on both channels. E.g. 4 slots, so for slot 1 and 3 must equal slot 2 and 4. I'm not entirely sure, but someone should confirm. It was also recommended to me that they came from the same brand, and more importantly, latecy (sp?) and things, etc. |
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