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Seggons
06-07-09, 06:20 PM
Right I built my system about 2 years and put in a ASUS P5N32-E SLI (http://uk.asus.com/Product.aspx?P_ID=vBZLIBtPzYB2bLcb) motherboard with 2GB of this RAM: http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_ddr2_pc2_8500_sli_ready_edition_dual_channel

Well yesterday I had a number of freezing and crashing problems which I first put down to heat. Then it got to a point of crashing at boot up and then it got to a stage where it wouldn't even launch the boot process. In my mind if it fails there it can only be 2 things, the BIOS chip or RAM and lucky for me it was the RAM.

I took 1 stick out and it worked fine, put it back in and it wouldn't load. Put the duff one in a different slot and once again the computer crashed before loading the BIOS.

I wanted to upgrade the RAM anyway so I'm in the market for 4GB of cheap and cheerful RAM.
I don't play games all that often and I don't do the whole overclocking scene so my current RAM is overkill really. But I do alot of video editing if that makes a difference.

So suggestions are very welcome. :D

jamesterror
06-07-09, 06:25 PM
I've got 2x1GB used sticks of Geil Orange RAM PC2 6400 DDR2-800 CL=4-4-4-12 sitting here if you want it.

It was in my server PC to test and works fine.

£10 inc P&P?

James

the_lone_wolf
06-07-09, 06:25 PM
But I do alot of video editing if that makes a difference.

RAM RAM and more RAM... It's so cheap I'd get 8GB... I did and vista runs beautifully along with anything I can throw at it...

jamesterror
06-07-09, 06:28 PM
RAM RAM and more RAM... It's so cheap I'd get 8GB... I did and vista runs beautifully along with anything I can throw at it...

I thought processing played a bigger role in editing? Or I may mean when you encode and export it do a level of quality.

In that case if you're to get more RAM you'll want it all at the same speed, so you don't have faster RAM having to run at speeds of slower RAM for example.

Seggons
06-07-09, 06:32 PM
I've got 2x1GB used sticks of Geil Orange RAM PC2 6400 DDR2-800 CL=4-4-4-12 sitting here if you want it.

It was in my server PC to test and works fine.

£10 inc P&P?

James

Thanks alot for the offer but 2GB is about boarder line when it comes to Vista. At the moment Vista sucks up 1GB alone then you add video editing on top, 2GB soon gets very bottlenecked hence why I'm after 4GB. But thanks again for the offer. :thumleft:

RAM RAM and more RAM... It's so cheap I'd get 8GB... I did and vista runs beautifully along with anything I can throw at it...

To be honest I'm meant to be getting a car, insurance and whatever else so money is a bit short so 4GB will do for now. :D

Seggons
06-07-09, 06:33 PM
Just to make it clear, I'm not after buying more RAM to go with my existing stuff, I'm after a whole new set.

cF^
06-07-09, 06:41 PM
That's some pretty high spec ram you have there! Are you sure you need it to be that fast? As an example, i'm running a Q6600 overclocked to 3.4Ghz and I only need 800mhz ram to run synchronously.
If your quad pumped CPU is running at 1333mhz, you only need RAM running at half that (as its DDR) to run synchronously.
If this is the case i'd get some ebuyer value stuff (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131128) it's pretty cheap and should do what you need it do.

Bibio
06-07-09, 06:49 PM
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/149202

Seggons
06-07-09, 06:51 PM
Lets just say I went for bragging rights rather then practicality when building it. The other specs:

Intel C2D E6600
BFG Geforce 8800GTS (640MB I think)
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty Edition
All encased in a Artec Nine Hundred case.

A couple of years ago this was good but not any more in seems. :D

the_lone_wolf
06-07-09, 06:56 PM
...Fatal1ty Edition...

For shame mate, for shame;)

Holdup
06-07-09, 09:50 PM
Me, My Dad and my bro all have:
Asus M2N - E SLI boards
2gb corsair ram
Saphire Raedeon ATI 512mb Graphics cards
AMD Athalon 64+ X2 4000+ 2.11ghz processors part from my Dad who has a 4400+ or something (show off!) (oh and AMD all the way :))
And they all run sweeeet, i love mine :D

Id recommened the corsair ram, it copes well with the other hardware i have and some of the stuff i make my pc do (mainly lots of multi tasking)

Corsair 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 1066MHz (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/148816)

Expensive at £48.99

or

Corsair 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/164758)

At £35

But tbh if your pc has always coped with 2gb stick with 2gb

Corsair 2GB DDR2 800MHz (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/158366)

£21.99

flymo
07-07-09, 08:05 AM
No, you are right to aim for 4GB assuming you are using Vista 32bit. Any more is a waste of effort as it wont be used by the OS at all.

Have you tried www.crucial.com (http://www.crucial.com) ? Pretty good service and good value.

Dave20046
07-07-09, 08:09 AM
When I'm being lazy and want something sorted quick I'll use crucial's memory scanner to recommend me something the jump to ebuyer or somewhere.

GeneticBubble
07-07-09, 08:51 AM
check out this website, its where i get all my pc parts from depending on how much you want to spend theres some high quality items there.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/

Dave20046
07-07-09, 09:03 AM
ebuyer will usually beat overclockers but worth comparing. there's another company that's supposed to be cheap to - CCL? Also 'scan' .

the_lone_wolf
07-07-09, 09:06 AM
No, you are right to aim for 4GB assuming you are using Vista 32bit. Any more is a waste of effort as it wont be used by the OS at all.

People still buy 32 bit operating systems?:confused:

;)

Amplimator
07-07-09, 09:09 AM
RAM RAM and more RAM... It's so cheap I'd get 8GB... I did and vista runs beautifully along with anything I can throw at it...


I have 4GB DDR2 and vista 64 runs perfect on that. 8GB is overkill unless used for CAD type stuff.

I have killed 2 sets of OCZ and both times OCUK (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/) sent me a new set, even though warranty had run out and i ran the voltage too high on my OC'n escapades....highly recommended shop

HTH
Ampz

the_lone_wolf
07-07-09, 09:22 AM
I have 4GB DDR2 and vista 64 runs perfect on that. 8GB is overkill unless used for CAD type stuff.
I tested 2GB, 4GB and then 8GB and although the difference between 2-->4 is much greater, the difference between 4-->8 is obvious, and even moreso once vista gets round to prefetching your programs ready to load them instantly

Besides, the advantage may not be now, but as i said, it's so cheap compared to other components it's hardly worth not doing, as in a year or two DDR3 will be the norm and DDR2 prices will start to increase, just like DDR is now

SoulKiss
07-07-09, 10:51 AM
Just got this through in email from memorybits (http://http://www.memorybitsnews.co.uk/newsletters/07-07-09/)

Seggons
07-07-09, 06:14 PM
For shame mate, for shame;)

What can I say, I like the pretty red light that comes with it. :lol:

No, you are right to aim for 4GB assuming you are using Vista 32bit. Any more is a waste of effort as it wont be used by the OS at all.

Have you tried www.crucial.com (http://www.crucial.com) ? Pretty good service and good value.

Nah 64-bit.

check out this website, its where i get all my pc parts from depending on how much you want to spend theres some high quality items there.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/

I was going to buy from there but when I compaired them both Ebuyer come out top because the P&P for 1 pack of RAM from overclockers was £6.xx where as it was 85p from Ebuyer.

Just got this through in email from memorybits (http://http://www.memorybitsnews.co.uk/newsletters/07-07-09/)

Cheers SK.

Thanks to everyone else too, I've placed my order and I should be back up to full speed on Thursday with all being well. :D