4 Gigs generic memory or 1 Gig Cosair

[Erasmus-X]

I don't know why you'd possibly need 4 GB of RAM, but okay. I edit video and 1 GB seems to be working out for me just fine.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: NOBEL
Very true, I was on the IGNPC boards and all they ask was why I needed so much, but since you guys here seem to be a bit subdued than them here goes.

I really wanted the Cosair XMS ProSeries RAM, but it's too damn expensive, so I assumed that if I stuff the board with generic RAM, I could make up for not getting what I really want.

If it's a cost issue, just get 1gb of generic, or corsair. Kinda sounds like you don't need 4gigs, just trying to find the best performance level.

 

[Bitdog]

4 gig of mem = $7,000
1 gig of Corsair = $152

www.mwave.com
SKU Description Price Stock Select BA19646
CORSAIR VS1GBKIT400 2X64X64 PC3200 2X512MB CL2.5 DDR DIMM $152.55

2 sticks of 512 DDR Coursair as a matched set,
4 sticks is $304 = 2 gig, fairly cheap for that amount of mem, lifetime gaurentee,
has heat plate, over clocking test checked out well (the best?),
stable under all/most conditions?, bla bla etc.

If you're considering 1 gig of Corsair or 4 gigs of no name,
I'm assuming you can get by on 1 gig just fine.
But the 2 gig for $300 sounds good if your mutha board will hold 4 sticks.
Apparently, you can put pc3200 mem in a mutha board that states it runs pc2100.
It will only run at pc2100 speed, but sometimes the price difference between
2100 & 3200 is almost nothing ($5 per 256 meg er something).
Then if you upgrade your mamma board later, you might be glad you got the pc3200 instead.
I would think that during your CMOS Bios setup, when it asks if you want to set
optimal settings/speed or MAX ?
If you've got 3200 in a 2100 board, MAX would be fine.

I'm looking into buying memory also, and this is what I found during my search today.

Bitdog

 

[fslove]

Originally posted by: Nebor
It seems to me, most of us don't need 4GB of ram. We will never do anything with our computers that require that amount of memory. So we'll never see any benefit from it. But getting good quality, tight timed RAM DOES make a difference to all of us. You WILL use those tight timings, and you will notice how your computer is nice and stable.

Hmmmm where did I hear this you'll never need this much RAM statement before? Oh that right... Bill Gates annoucing in the early 90's that "64KB of RAM is ALL the memory you will ever need!"

While it is true the 4GB of RAM is NOT needed now, to say you'll never need it is short sighted. When we start getting photo realistic gaming we will need HUGE amount of video and main RAM to deal with the massive textures needed to produce such games.

 

[fslove]

Dupe!

 

[chocoruacal]

Originally posted by: NOBEL
Don't worry about why I need so much memory, I just wanted to know which direction you would go.

Hahaha...funniest post this week! How the heck can anyone make a recommendation when you haven't stated what you'll use the comp for?!? Waste of bandwidth.

 

[Kristi2k]

Get 4GB if your running a server, if not just get a gig.

 

[Confused]

Originally posted by: fslove
Hmmmm where did I hear this you'll never need this much RAM statement before? Oh that right... Bill Gates annoucing in the early 90's that "64KB of RAM is ALL the memory you will ever need!"

1. It was 640, not 64

2. He said "At this moment in time, I don't believe we will see any programs that will require more than 640k of RAM", or something to that effect.

He never did say "ALL the memory you will ever need". Just that people misquoted him and it has become a huge urban legend.


Now, back on topic...

NOBEL,

Unless you will tell us what you will be doing with the computer, then we cannot give you an informed opinion. Also, if you need 4gb of RAM, then you wouldn't be considering just 1GB, you would get 4gb


Confused

 

[Regs]

Why not just buy the crap in bulk already?

 

[LordMagnusKain]

Originally posted by: chocoruacal

Originally posted by: NOBEL
Don't worry about why I need so much memory, I just wanted to know which direction you would go.

Hahaha...funniest post this week! How the heck can anyone make a recommendation when you haven't stated what you'll use the comp for?!? Waste of bandwidth.

yep.


And although you are right in correcting him about the gates quote, regs, the functional out-flow of the decision that he had a hand in caused many problems in memory access for many years to come.

 

[Mitzi]

*cough* Pointless thread *cough*

Get 1Gb of branded memory and be done with it...

 

[adams828]

Originally posted by: Mitzi
*cough* Pointless thread *cough*

Get 1Gb of branded memory and be done with it...

*cough* so why'd you reply? *cough*

i say get the corsair, even if it means getting less ram.. sounds like you're going to get at least 1gb, if not more, and that will be plenty (especially considering your last reply made it sound like you just wanted as much as possible, not for any specific uses)

 

[SUOrangeman]

I don't think today's 32-bit systems cann actually address more than 3.5GB of RAM anyway. The remaining 0.5GB is reserved for hardware/chipset use. Yes, I know the theoretical limit of 32-bit operation is 4GB RAM.

-SUO