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quain   07-31-2008 at 08:29:33 PM

I'm pretty new to system building, so I appreciate your help and patience in advance for my questions.

I'm trying to upgrade my one year old system with some new RAM and I'm wondering what speed of RAM I should select, DDR2-800, DDR2-1066, etc?

The CPU I'm pairing with is C2D E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz. Can someone explain how I can determine what memory is fast enough for this? Right now, I'm considering PC-6400 (DDR2-800Mhz), is this sufficient?

Thanks.



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smartel7070   07-31-2008 at 08:50:35 PM
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http://processorfinder.intel.com/d [...] Spec=SLA9V

So your cpu runs at 1333mhz fsb and 2.66 core clock.

1333 / 4 (quad pumped) = 333 mhz real mem speed * 2 (DDR) = 667mhz memory

So 667mhz ddr2 mem is what you need. Given the price on 800mhz memory I would go for that, it would give you some headroom if you ever want to overclock you cpu.

Hope this helps !

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pbrigido   07-31-2008 at 09:08:28 PM
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Nice reponse smartel, you are right on the money. I agree, 800Mhz should cut it. The real question is how much RAM do you want? If you have a 32 bit OS, 2GB or 4GB should suffice...even though the 4GB will be seen to your system as roughly 3GB or so. If you have a 64 bit OS, 8GB isnt a bad idea, especially with the price it is right now.

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quain   07-31-2008 at 09:15:11 PM
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Thanks so much guys for the comments. Right now I have 2Gb of RAM, so I was basically considering upgrading to 4Gb or 8Gb and running 64bit OS.

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gaiden   07-31-2008 at 09:23:12 PM
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quain for sake of consistency get either a pair of the exact RAM models as you previously owned OR a brand-new kit of 4gb or 8gb RAM. If you aren't sure about 64 and decide to do 32 now i suggest you getting 2x2gb (2 sticks)RAM kit so you can get 2 more sticks later on and make it 8gb if you ever decide to give 64 bit a try.

gl

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pbrigido   07-31-2008 at 09:27:03 PM
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Anytime. Here is an article by Toms that goes into depth the advantages of having 4GB and 8GB. Personally I enjoy using 8GB...with not having to use a virtual drive, your computer will gain some extra benefits in terms of speed. Here it is though, it's a very good article.

http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] ,1775.html

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kman7607   07-31-2008 at 09:35:36 PM
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How do you determine the divisor of the real speed equation? How did you know that it was quad pumped? What other types of "pumping" might be used in calculating real mem speed?

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smartel7070   07-31-2008 at 10:19:13 PM
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kman7607 wrote :

How do you determine the divisor of the real speed equation? How did you know that it was quad pumped? What other types of "pumping" might be used in calculating real mem speed?



Those are basic numbers related to the Core2 architecture. I didn't determine anything ... Intel did !

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ironsung   08-01-2008 at 01:54:18 AM
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smartel7070 wrote :

Those are basic numbers related to the Core2 architecture. I didn't determine anything ... Intel did !



wow... for the longest time, i thought the divisors were based on the number of cpus... i mean i never researched anything cept q6** and q9** series quad cores... and when i was doing my calculations for the optimal fsb/ram ratio, i figured the 4 in 'divide fsb by 4' was due to the quad cores.... so naturally i assumed the e*** series dual cores were divided by 2.... never really thought about it, but now that i did.... doesnt make sense.... BUt everything makes sense now.. hehe

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