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Is my system being bottlenecked by memory?

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BS911

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I was on a friends computer that is similar to mine but his seemed more snappy and I"m wonderin if it's because of my memory. My current setup is this:

Athlon 64 4000+
2GB Corsair PC3200 Twin-X (3-3-3-8)
15Krpm SCSI Hard Drive


My friend is using 1GB Corsair (2-2-2-5). Would this really make the system feel more "snappy"? He is using a WD Raptor HD and I have the 15K RPM SCSI so I'm pretty sure my disk access is much faster so is the memory timings holding my system back? If so I'll go buy some faster memory today!! 🙂
 
No, a 1% difference in speed would not cause snaplarity to ensue.

More specifically, the snap should be stronger in your system since there will be little or no need for disk-based virtual memory when switching applications.

It could be his system has a cleaner OS that has not crossed as far into the dark side of adware, spyware, trojans, and well-meaning but misguided applications and services set to always run automatically. A clean Windows is a snappy Windows.
 
Maybe he overclocked his system 🙂

Some things to check/tweak:
- Windows services. Check the net for windowsXP service tweak guides and turn of all services that you don't need (be careful with this, since turning off the wrong ones can mess you up)

- run regedit and go to hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run
Everything in here are programs that start up when the computer starts. Unless you have some hardware dependent on some of these things, you can safely remove them (export and save them first if you want a backup)

- If you don't use these things, turn off stystem restore, automatic updates, file indexing, security center, virus scanners, and windows firewall. Turning off the firewall and virus scanners may leave you vulnerable to certain attacks, so be sure you have other ways to protect yourself.

- spyware, viruses, etc. Do a full scan with a virus scanner and spyware scanner (adaware and spybot are great)

- bios settings - make sure its set to high-performance defaults. Make sure your ram is running at 200mhz (ddr400) or greater. Increase the voltage on your ram as high as 2.9v, then try cas 2.5 or 2. Just because your ram is rated at cas3, doesn't mean it can't do cas2. If it won't run at cas2 and won't boot, you might have to clear the cmos.

That's about all I can think of at the moment 🙂 Every time I re-install windows, it takes a few hours to tweak it all
 
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