- Apr 13, 2015
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I recently purchased the following to replace an old media PC i built 6 years ago
http://aldi.medion.com/md8322/au/?refPage=medion
Looked decent enough as my main use for it is to watch TV and downloads and browse the net from time to time. It's hooked up to my 50" plasma and surround sound system and isn't oo bad for this at all. It came with Cyberlink PowerDirector 11 pre installed which I was pleasantly suprised about as I have used earlier versions of this to edit video. This is pretty much where my issues arose, it would freeze a bit and Power director would stop working meaning that after every 10mins of editing I would save the project in case it froze so I wouldn't lose too much work.
I happened upon a PC shop while at work one day and thought I would grab some more RAM, more the better I thought and got an 8gb Kingston stick. I went home and put it in the PC discovering that the 4gb installed was actually 2 x 2GB. I pulled one out and put the 8GB to end up with 10GB. Everything was a noticeably faster however ithe PC did tend to freeze up completely, mouse cursor keyboard, everything freezes to the point where it needs a reset.
Doing a bit of reading it appears that it's a RAM mismatch especially considerign when I put the old RAM back in there's no freezing. Would I be better off putting the single stick of 8GB in or running with the 2 x 2GB? I did think maybe a second 8GB RAM module might be good but perhaps the money might be better spent on a graphics card?
http://aldi.medion.com/md8322/au/?refPage=medion
Looked decent enough as my main use for it is to watch TV and downloads and browse the net from time to time. It's hooked up to my 50" plasma and surround sound system and isn't oo bad for this at all. It came with Cyberlink PowerDirector 11 pre installed which I was pleasantly suprised about as I have used earlier versions of this to edit video. This is pretty much where my issues arose, it would freeze a bit and Power director would stop working meaning that after every 10mins of editing I would save the project in case it froze so I wouldn't lose too much work.
I happened upon a PC shop while at work one day and thought I would grab some more RAM, more the better I thought and got an 8gb Kingston stick. I went home and put it in the PC discovering that the 4gb installed was actually 2 x 2GB. I pulled one out and put the 8GB to end up with 10GB. Everything was a noticeably faster however ithe PC did tend to freeze up completely, mouse cursor keyboard, everything freezes to the point where it needs a reset.
Doing a bit of reading it appears that it's a RAM mismatch especially considerign when I put the old RAM back in there's no freezing. Would I be better off putting the single stick of 8GB in or running with the 2 x 2GB? I did think maybe a second 8GB RAM module might be good but perhaps the money might be better spent on a graphics card?
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