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He didn't post so that you could tell him not to buy it. His mind is made up, regardless of what you all think. So stop trying to rip his decision, and why not try to be helpful?

Mushkin.com has it, (on backorder) but it's expensive. Mushkin is quality stuff though. If you need cheap, look at pricewatch.com and start checking reseller ratings.
 
but i have stuff like norton and weatherbug in background while listening to music, while playing super system intense games.
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I'm not flaming, but I run all of that and then some with just 512x2 and there is zero lag closing prgrams under WinXP. Also in the mean time, if you have more than one hard drive, try splitting the page file amongst them.
 
Originally posted by: fredtam
This won't help because you have already made up your mind.

You are a fool. You are going to buy crappy ram with crappy tinmings while decreasing your ram speed and do so from a reseller with low ratings. Your page file (which you probably have set to low thinking your increasing your performance) is probably faster than that ram. I think you need to further educate yourself on how your system uses ram and how much it needs. Unfortunately I don't have the time. I will once again suggest 2 X 512 of quality ram with good timings. Good Luck.

With all those things running it is more likely your CPU having trouble keeping up.
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I get buy just fine with 1 stick of 512MB pc3200 Crucial. It is faster in loading games like battlefield 1942, than my old 1 GB of pc2100 and pc2700 mixed.


1 GB isnt even necesary yet, let alone 2.
 
Originally posted by: dguy6789
i knwo it is ram. c&c generals takes up almost all of it, and going back to windows, it must swap for a short while. I need 2GB chips simply for future upgradeability. and the ability to do oh so much simultaneously. I have found pcrapids.com. Ive given up on looking for 1GB pc3200, the highest seller on pricewatch for that was 5. Pcrapids.com has a 6.36 resellerating and sells pc2700 1GB chips real cheap. for under 400 bucks i could get 3GB of ram. Can anyone give me a reason not to buy from pcrapids.com?

here is the link.

http://www.pcrapids.com/home.asp?pw=y&pwl=search/productdesc.asp?lsskuid=MemGenDDR001056


the site seems, good they even tell you to say what mainboard your using for them to make sure it will work for you. Tell me what you guys think.
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3 gbs?

As far as performance goes, you are much better off buying 1 GB of very high performance RAM, like Corsair.... 3 GB will be totally wasted for you
 
I think you need to think a bit more realistically about the future.

By the time you really need the 3 gigs your whole comp system is old, old, old and you'll be kicking yourself for spending so much money or by taking chances with shady dealers.

Everyone and their dog is telling you that 1gb of high quality memory should do you just fine. Why be stuck on it? Stubborn?

1gig modules are expensive - by the time you get it all going bigger and better memory will be down the loop and cheaper too.

Always use resellerratings to do research as well.

Free tip of the day: avoid the companies that have low ratings. Go for the companies that have high ratings.
 
Originally posted by: bill_n_opus
I think you need to think a bit more realistically about the future.

By the time you really need the 3 gigs your whole comp system is old, old, old and you'll be kicking yourself for spending so much money or by taking chances with shady dealers.

Everyone and their dog is telling you that 1gb of high quality memory should do you just fine. Why be stuck on it? Stubborn?

1gig modules are expensive - by the time you get it all going bigger and better memory will be down the loop and cheaper too.

Always use resellerratings to do research as well.

Free tip of the day: avoid the companies that have low ratings. Go for the companies that have high ratings.
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And thats about all there is to be said I guess.

You MIGHT need 1gb in a year, and you MIGHT see a peroformance boost with 2 GB in a couple years, but in 2 or the years you will no way need 3 GBs. You will just have all sorts of really crappy ram, because you went with a quantity over quality.

It's... sure getting 3 pizzas is great, but if you cant even finish one, why the hell do you need 3? And the leftovers will have gone bad before you get hungry again.
 
allstarshop

their rating is a 8.24

unbuffered, non ecc. kingston costs $472 smackaroos. gonna do some more searching to find some other shops if i can. =)

and to people that say y get that much ram, blah blah blah, this justs gives him the opportunity to run at max ram in the future. in the future, decide that he will run it as server, and server like lots of ram.

my suggestion to you dguy, is to just survive at 512mb, or if you must just get 2 at 512mb for now. then when 1gb modules get cheaper, sell off your 512, and buy 1gb modules slowly. but if you have the money, go buy urself one stick of 1gb module, then wait for prices to come down, then buy 2 more.

edit: got another one. directron has a 8.13
its ecc, non registered, samsung. dont worry bout ecc, mostly likely your board does not support it, so it won't use it, will be run as non ecc. its non registered which is imporatant. this is only $200 boners.
what a huge price diff.


edit2: not yourself out on this one. essential sells sh1tloads of 1gb modules, and also 2gb dual packs, which are 2 sticks of 1gb sticks. their rating is 9.65. i have personally ordered from them, a 4200 last year. good company, they are east coast though i believe. no taxes for cali. =) hmm.. ouch, the non registered kingston comes at $500. kinda high. the registered are like $250. too bad yah can't buy registered.
i have other good sites to check. be back soon.

edit3: excaliberpc sells non buffered mushkin 1gb sticks for $300. their rating is 9.51. not bad, its mushkin after all.

edit4: monarch sells some no brand name. check out this page, sells acouple. $250 or so. monarch has a 9.71 rating.

edit5: tcwo. $250. no brand name. has a 9.64 rating

edit6: im done looking through all the reliable stores in my favorites. i guess the best bet would be the samsungs at directron for $200. or if you want more reliable company, then mushkins at excaliber for $300.
tell us all what memory you bought, and if it actually works.

edit7: read through the other posts more carefully. ohh, didn't know you wanted pc3200 speeds. all the links i gave you are either 2100 or 2700, but no 3200.
i am done. i was curious myself about 1gb modules sticks. now i know.

edit8: looked through the mushkin's site. for me, i would look at three choices. mushkins 3200 for $400, mushkins 2100 for $300, or samsungs 2100 sold at directron for $200. i'd go for the samsung, i don't think a price premiem of $200 more for 3200 and mushkin quality is worth it.

edit9: NEWEGG DOES SELL EM. transcend with samsung chips, 3 types, $250 and up. newegg. scroll al the way down, pc2100 and pc2700
 
Originally posted by: Johnbear007
Originally posted by: bill_n_opus
I think you need to think a bit more realistically about the future.

By the time you really need the 3 gigs your whole comp system is old, old, old and you'll be kicking yourself for spending so much money or by taking chances with shady dealers.

Everyone and their dog is telling you that 1gb of high quality memory should do you just fine. Why be stuck on it? Stubborn?

1gig modules are expensive - by the time you get it all going bigger and better memory will be down the loop and cheaper too.

Always use resellerratings to do research as well.

Free tip of the day: avoid the companies that have low ratings. Go for the companies that have high ratings.
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And thats about all there is to be said I guess.

You MIGHT need 1gb in a year, and you MIGHT see a peroformance boost with 2 GB in a couple years, but in 2 or the years you will no way need 3 GBs. You will just have all sorts of really crappy ram, because you went with a quantity over quality.

It's... sure getting 3 pizzas is great, but if you cant even finish one, why the hell do you need 3? And the leftovers will have gone bad before you get hungry again.
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Hey ... I like the analogy. Good one.
 
thanks all you guys for the help. And my mind is not made up. Im perfectly willing to go with another upgrade solution.
thank you especially jjyiz28. I know newegg sells the slower solutions, but they dont have GB PC3200 memory. Is it just me or are all bad rated websites with 1GB ddr way less expensive then the likes of newegg? i mene, one site has gb pc2700 for 134 bucks. If you guys say all i really need is 1GB of memory then i guess ill do so. And i have 2X256 chips, not a 512. Im currently running at pc2700 speeds. I was planning on overclocking and getting more ram for 2 upgrades in one. Ok. What is the Absolute BEST 2X512 Pack of memory? Thanks in advance. Since i was planning on getting 2GB of ram, i have a good bit of money to splurge for 1GB.


Edit: Would getting 2X512 chips of pc4200 be wise, or would that not be enough when that speed becomes the standard?
 
ok

hardcorecooling.com has their 1gig sticks of CAS2 PC3200 item PC4001GBUCL2 $199 - $10 coupon code SAV3200 = $189 (dunno if it'll work)

kingston also have 1 gig sticks of hyperX

we're simply trying to save you some money. but since your pocket is deep and mind is set go get them

ok i am slow...

good memories are the kingston hyperX and the mushkin's... corsair ain't bad either
 
www.mushkin.com

www.crucial.com

both sites have what you'r looking for, but a bit more money. If i were you, i would go with the good stuff. Timing is very important especially with AMD systems. They like low latancies. For intel... just need alot of bandwidth! Look the good stuff always makes you happy, you never feel jiped for spending 3-400$ when everything just works!! and works good at that.

Kingston is also good

samsung is good but hard to find.
 
I'll put this as plainly as possible:

You will not see a significant difference between 512MB and 3GB of RAM for average use, even with gaming. You don't have to take my word for it, look thru some benchmarks. There's no point in upgrading until you actually need the extra 'oomph' as it will only cost you more now, as opposed to buying later 🙂

I think though that if you were to go to Newegg or Zipzoomfly and buy 2x512MB sticks of Kingston HyperX, you would be set for quite a while. You'll just have a lot of RAM that sits there unused 🙂
 
that is not true. only for windows 98 or older based .Having more then 512MB of mem messes up win 98 and older. XP and 2000 can have huge amounts of ram fine.
 
Originally posted by: dguy6789
that is not true. only for windows 98 or older based .Having more then 512MB of mem messes up win 98 and older. XP and 2000 can have huge amounts of ram fine.
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yep, you are right, I remember that article now. That was back when most people were still running 98 se
 
dguy6789, dont let these people discourage you from getting your 3GB's of RAM. 5 years ago in 1998 when the 440BX motherboards first came out. I got myself a P2B board and added 3 sticks of 256MB of ram. Back then prices were high and 64-128MB was the norm and 768MB was unheard of. Same like now, where 512-1GB is norm and 3GB is unheard of. People criticized me out of sheer jealously because i had more RAM than all my friends combined. They told me 128MB was good enough, etc etc etc, dont buy 768MB you're just wasting money, blah blah blah. I paid a rediculous large sum of money for it and to this day i still dont regret one penny of it because for 5 years it is still chugging along and 768MB is still more than what people have today! Buy your 3GB of ram and enjoy every megabyte of it and let all the haters wallow in their 512MB of ram.

PC3200 1GB sticks are still a bit rare, but you can EASILY find PC2700 1GB sticks for $235 a pop. Generic ram is fine too as long as it works.
 
Originally posted by: Ladybug7709
dguy6789, dont let these people discourage you from getting your 3GB's of RAM. 5 years ago in 1998 when the 440BX motherboards first came out. I got myself a P2B board and added 3 sticks of 256MB of ram. Back then prices were high and 64-128MB was the norm and 768MB was unheard of. Same like now, where 512-1GB is norm and 3GB is unheard of. People criticized me out of sheer jealously because i had more RAM than all my friends combined. They told me 128MB was good enough, etc etc etc, dont buy 768MB you're just wasting money, blah blah blah. I paid a rediculous large sum of money for it and to this day i still dont regret one penny of it because for 5 years it is still chugging along and 768MB is still more than what people have today! Buy your 3GB of ram and enjoy every megabyte of it and let all the haters wallow in their 512MB of ram.

PC3200 1GB sticks are still a bit rare, but you can EASILY find PC2700 1GB sticks for $235 a pop. Generic ram is fine too as long as it works.
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i wouldn't say its jealously. just think how much money you could have saved if lets say you started with 128mb of ram, then got a 256stick later on, then a 512stick later on again.

i suggest to buy 1stick of 1gb now, then wait for like a year, prices go down most likely, then buy another stick, then year later, buy 2 more sticks for grand total of 4gb, this saves you lots of money instead of just buying 4sticks right now.

if price is cheap go for it. i have a via 133 chipset that has 3 dimms, max it could support is 1.5gb. i had a stick of 128mb, then bought a stick of 512mb. this was when 512mb was the absolute max. then i bought another 512mb, and gave the 128mb to my friend. again when 512mb was the max. who knows, maybe ill get another stick in future, sdr prices has not gone up despite lack of demand and supply.
 
" I paid a rediculous large sum of money for it and to this day i still dont regret one penny of it because for 5 years it is still chugging along and 768MB is still more than what people have today!"

That statement should tell you what everybody here is saying. That applications are not keeping up with hardware and with the exception of games they won't be. And for games you have onboard memory.



Confucius say :
Generic ram is fine too as long as it works.
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Brilliant.
 
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