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street_racer5   09-14-2004 at 10:12:54 PM

i am goign to be buliding a new computer in december, specs will be sumthign like x800xt AIW, and amd 3800+//fx-53. what i am planing to do is intense downloading, alot of gaming, and i was wonder if i should get 2gb of ram, any good suggestions of ram, sumthing that comes in a 1gbx2stick pack. I am willing to spend a bit of extra $$$. maby the cosair series of sumthing like that thanx....

ASUS 440BX P3B-F, Intel P3 @ 553Mhz, 128Mb Pc133 Ram, nVidia Gefore 256, IBM 20gig HD, Creative Sound Blaster Live,Lg Cd-Burner, Creative 52x Cd Drive, Microsoft Windows XP Pro/2000 Pro Duel Boot

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folken   09-15-2004 at 04:04:20 AM
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I'm not sure about newer systems but usually when you go over 1GB you actually start losing performance. 1GB is the optimum balance of performance and RAM. I would go with some nice Corsair XMS or Crucial Ballistix. Mainly because I have never had problems with Corsair or Crucial for compatability and performance.

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lb19984   09-15-2004 at 09:38:13 PM
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yea i agree with folken
Stay with 1gb, Instead get memmory with better timmings I have the corsair 2-2-2-5 they are really great

System Spec's:
Asus P4c800-E 3.2e @3.8ghz
1gb corsair xms pro2-2-2-5 aiw 9800 pro
audigy 2zs klipsch ultra's
74gb raptor wd 2000jb
pioneer 108 pioneer 120s

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CrucialLabs   09-16-2004 at 04:29:09 PM
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Unless you are planning on doing a lot of video editing I would recommend using 1gig of memory for your system. We have found that anything over one gig of memory does not help performance, it actually begins to decrease it.Stick with 2 512MBs of memory and save your money for other hardware.

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