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Neily · Feb 02, 2006, 03:00 PM // 15:00

I currently have 2 512 sticks of ddr400 ram. For some reason my computer is begining to slow down. I think ram would be the best (cheapest) solution. What would you suggest me buying? Anything will help.

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Old Dood · Feb 02, 2006, 03:09 PM // 15:09

All computers after time will "slow down". Your registry fills up with all sorts of excutable programs over time. A fresh reformat every 6 months to a year will surprise you at how much speed you gain back.

As for Ram...I always suggest going to crucial.com. They have a system checker and it will tell you exactly what you already have in Ram and how much more you can add. I also trust their product.

Kaguya · Feb 02, 2006, 03:16 PM // 15:16

First thing is to check for possible spyware/adware/other junk that might be running in background, that junk slows you down a lot.

1gig of memory goes well pretty far, but more doesn't hurt. I'm stuck at 1gb now and I haven't encountered any 'unbearable' lag.. Prolly buying 2 single sided 1gb modules this summer. *hates early A64's memory controller*

Loviatar · Feb 02, 2006, 03:22 PM // 15:22

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Originally Posted by Old Dood

All computers after time will "slow down". Your registry fills up with all sorts of excutable programs over time. A fresh reformat every 6 months to a year will surprise you at how much speed you gain back.

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also get at least 3 of the antispyware recommended in threads (free and free trial) and clean out your pc and see if it is faster.

DOOD

i have a small OS/PROG partition and keep an updated image (true image not ghost) and simply popping that in returns it to updated pristine purity.

a second cd has all the latest patches waiting to go.

all antis (anti spyware, anti virus) are included on the os image

Neily · Feb 02, 2006, 05:39 PM // 17:39

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i have a small OS/PROG partition and keep an updated image (true image not ghost) and simply popping that in returns it to updated pristine purity.

a second cd has all the latest patches waiting to go.

all antis (anti spyware, anti virus) are included on the os image

what do you mean by an image? how do you make one? is it like a reformat?

Old Dood · Feb 02, 2006, 05:47 PM // 17:47

Loviatar is really...really Cool! He is so organized. I should have him fix me up...that set up sounds great. I kick it old skool...reformat then re-download all the updates.

Loviatar · Feb 02, 2006, 05:53 PM // 17:53

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Originally Posted by Neily

what do you mean by an image? how do you make one? is it like a reformat?

here is what i have.

you can span the whole drive on multiple dvd if you want to.

the separate small partition (10 gig) just makes it fast and convenient but leaves room to add GW chapters

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing...cts/trueimage/

Teklord · Feb 02, 2006, 06:02 PM // 18:02

One answer to the above question of imaging. An image in this sense is a complete capture / copy of a partition on your computer. In a sense it is kind of like a giant zip file, one file that contains multiple files and folders. Say you've just installed a fresh copy of the O/S of your choice. You've got all your programs (Office, AV/Anti-Spyware, Phototshop etc) all nicely installed and functioning. This has probably taken the better part of a day to accomplish right? So what happens when something fails and you find you have to format and re-install everything again. The idea with a drive image is that you can simply load / restore the state of the system at the time the image was created. So barring a change in hardware since that time you would be restoring your computer to the beautiful "fresh install" state, except you'd be doing this in a fraction of the time (less than 10 minutes for ~4.0GBs using Acronis TrueImage).

It's a really slick and quick way of restoring one's system, although I still format and go it step by step. Mostly because I find I download all the updated drivers and software for my various hardware components anyway, and that I'm a little lazy.

Kaguya · Feb 02, 2006, 06:51 PM // 18:51

Yeah, images are must. I usually just install windows + drivers + what ever else I could possibly need, usually give it a week so I remember everyhing, and toss it all onto DVD. Reinstalls made simple and easy, and very fast, just stuff in the DVD, reboot, wait ~10 minutes, done. Yay.

The problem is with the images getting outdated.. But suppose that applies to additional windows updates and GFX drivers. Then again, I rarely update windows, and GFX drivers only when there's problems.