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Res Surection · Mar 12, 2006, 01:04 PM // 13:04

I wanted to get some ram for my pc, i want performance for a good low price.
my mother board is an ASUS X Series P4S8X, any suggestions?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131546 that is my motherboard.

Res Surection · Mar 12, 2006, 02:31 PM // 14:31

bump...

Serafita Kayin · Mar 12, 2006, 02:49 PM // 14:49

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820211014

Adata isn't a widely publicized brand, but they sure get the job done.

I think you'll enjoy them. And it's a great number, if you choose to keep the system.

Res Surection · Mar 13, 2006, 01:06 AM // 01:06

what does having more ram do anyhow?

Tachyon · Mar 13, 2006, 01:34 AM // 01:34

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Originally Posted by Res Surection

what does having more ram do anyhow?

Quite simply it allows you to either run more apps at the same time or run games a lot more smoothly. In some games you may notice stuttering, this can sometimes be your PC accessing the pagefile for more memory, installing more system RAM can stop that happening.

Take Battlefield 2 for instance. With 512MB it stutters like Gareth Gates on PCP, yet stick 1GB in there and it plays noticebly smoother. However, for Battlefield 2 2GB is the sweet spot for memory. I can play it without any stutters at all, the map loads in straight away and runs as smooth as Cary Grant in a pressed silk suit!

That said, the majority of games (BF2 and FEAR excluded) will run just fine with 1GB of RAM.

Res Surection · Mar 13, 2006, 01:35 AM // 01:35

k kewl, thx, whats dual channel good for?

awesome sauce · Mar 13, 2006, 01:41 AM // 01:41

Duel channel just means you have more than 1 stick of ram for more memory.

Res Surection · Mar 13, 2006, 01:44 AM // 01:44

ok ok, so even tho the ram doesnt say dual channel, i still can run 2 1gb rams and itll work fine and be considered dual channel am i correct?

Tachyon · Mar 13, 2006, 01:45 AM // 01:45

If your Motherboard will support Dual channel then all it means is that if you stick two identical slabs of memory into the relevant slots you get 2x the rate of data transfer (normally from a 64bit channel to a 128bit channel). What this does is double the rate at which your CPU can access the data stored in your RAM.

Res Surection · Mar 13, 2006, 01:47 AM // 01:47

does this fit into wat ur saying?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820211014

(i dont care about the brand)

Tachyon · Mar 13, 2006, 01:56 AM // 01:56

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Originally Posted by awesome sauce

Duel channel just means you have more than 1 stick of ram for more memory.

Sorry, but that's not what dual channel means at all! I have an old 98SE PentiumIII 700 sitting in the corner that has two sticks of 256MB in it. They aren't running in dual channel because the motherboard doesn't support it.

You have to have the capability to run dual channel on the motherboard before you can use it. Two sticks of RAM doesn't automatically mean dual channel, it just means two sticks of RAM. It's only dual channel if the motherboard supports it.

Tachyon · Mar 13, 2006, 01:59 AM // 01:59

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Originally Posted by Res Surection

does this fit into wat ur saying?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820211014

(i dont care about the brand)

Not a bad brand at all that, very overlooked. I prefer Mushkin myself though.

If your motherboard will support dual channel and you plonk both those sticks into the correct slots (see your MoBo manual) then yes they'll work just fine in dual channel as they are a matched pair.

If you can't utilise dual channel, then you'll just get 2GB of single channel RAM. Still good though.

Res Surection · Mar 13, 2006, 02:00 AM // 02:00

ok ok, ill send u a link to my Mother Board, u tell me something from there,http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131546

Tachyon · Mar 13, 2006, 02:07 AM // 02:07

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Originally Posted by Res Surection

ok ok, ill send u a link to my Mother Board, u tell me something from there,http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131546

Yep, that motherboard seems to support dual channel according to all the data. So that RAM you posted above will work just fine, plus seen as you only have two expansion slots for RAM finding out which ones are required for dual channel isn't a problem at all. Just get your new RAM and drop both sticks in!

Res Surection · Mar 13, 2006, 02:14 AM // 02:14

yea, the motherboard i want with i think 3 expansion slots and supports pci-e with a socket 478 3.4ghz HT is only sold in england......

Tachyon · Mar 13, 2006, 02:20 AM // 02:20

I have four slots on my ASUS board and two PCI-e slots (SLi)! Saying that though I'm a certified AMD man myself. I will never go back to Intel at all.

Actually, my 2.1GHz Athlon64 comes very close in performance to that 3.4GHz Pentium! Perhaps you may want to go the AMD road for your nest PC?

Res Surection · Mar 13, 2006, 02:22 AM // 02:22

i may think about it, i dont have a problem with intel or amd, i just like intel pentiums because they are also good for office work as well as gaming.

Res Surection · Mar 13, 2006, 02:39 AM // 02:39

ok, knowing wat mother board i have, which ram do u think is better?
1) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820220079
2) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820211014