upgrade to 2gbs?

[twitchee2]

well i am getting anew system in a couple of weeks and i bought 1gig of patriot 2-3-2-5 ram. i have that running my old comp for now untill i get my new set up. should i sell that 1 gig 2X512 to my frind for like $90 and get a ocz 2gb kit? or 4x512 of Gold series

edit for got new setup:
3700SD
ultra-d
800xl

 

[TankGuys]

Only if you spend a lot of time playing really new games, ala Battlefield 2, or doing serious photoshop/CAD stuff. For normal usage and the vast majority of games, 1 Gb is plenty of memory.

 

[twitchee2]

ok so i dont need anything more then waht i have already

 

[TankGuys]

Originally posted by: twitchee2
ok so i dont need anything more then waht i have already

Nah, stick with what you've got. If you find later that it's oppresively slow, you can upgrade then (at that point memory should even be cheaper). There isn't much sense in spending a lot of money now on something you may never actually need!

 

[imported_Kensai]

Get 2GB of Value ram. Nice and cheap with adequate performance.

 

[djnsmith7]

Originally posted by: Kensai
Get 2GB of Value ram. Nice and cheap with adequate performance.

I agree 100%. I'm running 1.5 GB of Corsair Value RAM right now & it runs just fine. You'll save a lot of money this way. It also allows you to spend more money on your Video Card & CPU.

 

[DanDaMan315]

4x512mb is fine. The 2T preformance hit is only like 1%-5%

 

[Ronin]

He doesn't have to worry about the 2T issue. He's got a Rev E CPU in the San Diego, and the 4 sticks of double-sided RAM issue is resolved in the Rev E.

 

[furballi]

Will still run 2T with 4 sticks of RAM.

 

[Ronin]

*sighs* No, it won't. Tell me, do you actually have a Rev E? I do, and it's one of the first things I checked.

 

[TGS]

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[Ronin]

I'm aware of that thread. I'm a frequent poster over there (~2500 posts), but that doesn't change the fact that I'm sitting here, right now, with a SD core based CPU, running 4 sticks of 512MB (Ballistix, for reference), that are double sided, at 1T.

 

[TGS]

Could you give us the complete specs on the machine that is running in that configuration. You are the only one that I've seen with results like that.

 

[Ronin]

A8N-SLi (I'd have to actually check to see what Bios rev I'm running).
FX55 SD
2x512MB PC3200 Ballistix
2x6800 eVGA Ultras
2x74GB Raptors

 

[TGS]

So are you running 2 sticks of double sided or four?