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Posted: 3/10/2006 7:16:27 AM EDT
My current setup:

Asus K8V MoBo
AMD 3000+ 64 bit proc
512 mags of RAM
2 80 gig 7200rmp IDE drives
Asus N6800XT with 256 on board AGP graphics


Need more RAM!

Which should I do?
A: Another 512 to make it a gig.
B: Pull the 512 and put two 1 gig sticks in there and make it 2 gigs.

If option B.  What do you reccomend?  Link to good deal?

Thanks
Link Posted: 3/10/2006 7:23:43 AM EDT
[#1]
Go with 2Gb.  

www.pricewatch.com/
Link Posted: 3/10/2006 7:43:18 AM EDT
[#2]
if the system is going to be used for gaming.   I use Corsair Xms memory.    its avail at newwgg and other places.     the more you buy the better the system will perform, in gaming
Link Posted: 3/10/2006 8:00:07 AM EDT
[#3]

Quoted:
if the system is going to be used for gaming.   I use Corsair Xms memory.    its avail at newwgg and other places.     the more you buy the better the system will perform, in gaming



Yes, I do game with it.

So Corsair is good?  It has been a while since I went out looking at computer components.  I started looking this morning and saw Corsair all over the place, but had never heard of it.
Link Posted: 3/10/2006 8:08:23 AM EDT
[#4]
crucial ballistics  memory is also good memory but i've never tried it in a gaming system.  

crucial is what i install in all my customers desktop systems.   if its a gaming system its good to have the "heat shield"  on the memory to disipate heat.  

Link Posted: 3/10/2006 9:00:49 AM EDT
[#5]
What abou the Corsair Value Select?
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145579

Computers function:
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Highest end games I play are Half Life 2, Call of Duty 2, Battle For Middle Earth 2
Link Posted: 3/10/2006 9:17:46 AM EDT
[#6]
if its a gaming system its good to have the "heat shield" on the memory to disipate heat.  
Link Posted: 3/10/2006 9:21:31 AM EDT
[#7]

Quoted:
if its a gaming system its good to have the "heat shield" on the memory to disipate heat.  



I hear ya.   But if I have been running these games already on a simple unheat shielded stick of 512 and the thing has not caught fire yet, why do I really need them?

Is it a heat issue or a performance issue that you say I need the shields?
Link Posted: 3/10/2006 9:33:18 AM EDT
[#8]
im just picky for my machines, thats all.


the memory does has a lifetime warranty
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