Pick between low speed 8GB and Hi speed 4 GB plz!!

[dileepsv]

http://www.computerlx.com/prod...aspx?t=&product_ID=853
OR
http://www.computerlx.com/prod...aspx?t=&product_ID=874

computer specs:
Quad core 6600
Nvidia 8600 GT
vista 64-bit

 

[Goldfish4209]

What are you using the rig for? CAD? Rendering? Gaming? For CAD and heavy graphical work, 8Gb might be beneficial. 4Gb will be more than enough for everyhing else. (maybe even CAD)

 

[dileepsv]

alrite..Thanks

 

[imported_Scoop]

4GB is more than you could even dream of using right now. I'm curious though, you can't think of anything else to spend your money on than memory? That's just an insane amount of money on 4GB. You could get 4GB of DDRII-800 CL4 Corsair for one third the price.

 

[dileepsv]

followed ur advice...im getting these...
http://www.ncixus.com/products...=26456#CustomerReviews
thanks

 

[Throckmorton]

I'm curious what the computer is for with that weird combination of a low end GPU with a quad core CPU and so much RAM.

 

[Plekto]

With even 4 GB, your best bet would be to run 2 as physical and 2 as a ramdisk. Why 2 and 2? Windows won't disable the swapfile no matter what you do, and you need more than 1GB due to formatting losses. This leaves about 800megs for temp files as well for whatever you are running. this way the machine will run 100% in memory and never tough the HD unless it's saving or loading something.

8 is plainly overkill unless it's going to be stuck in something like an I-Ram.

Edit - Vista 64 is nice but I'd just wait for Windows 7 in a year and a half. As it is, nothing short of stuff Pixar and Northrop are running uses more than 3-4GB anyways.

Oh - yes, you CAN disable the swapfile in Vista. It gives it a serious headache, though, as it assumes it's there - so this "trick" is a good way to kill two problems with one stone as it were.