I'm getting a bunch of computer parts for my 16th birthday, but I have to buy RAM myself if I want to get the other parts I want. Now, the motherboard I'm getting can do up to DDR3 1333Mhz, but that stuff is awefully expensive compared to DDR2 and it's various frequencies. IS it better to have more gigs at a lower frequency or less at a higher?
So, what I need to know is which is best to go for? It's a gaming PC.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
- Yami
Buying RAM
Wait until your 17th birthday and those stuffs should be much cheaper!
Well, frankly, you've got to tell the system configuration (including OS you use) and the capacity you need, in order to get reliable advice.
Well, frankly, you've got to tell the system configuration (including OS you use) and the capacity you need, in order to get reliable advice.
Yugi, don't be going Bill Gates on us now!Yugi wrote: What OS are you using? O_o And what are you doing that could possibly require that much RAM?
If you've ever dabbled in render farms, you'd want a whole lot more than just 8GB of RAM, that's for sure.
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Hi all,
On work we use 512 MB on older machines and 1 GB on recent ones, with the CAD machines being 2 GB. Only for a very few apps had us had RAM problems. Indeed they are CAD apps that make renders out of models ^-^ like the point on render farms above !
EDIT #1 : as to Transcendence itself, it runs well on my 3 machines, a 800 MHz 512 MB PIII, an Athlon XP 2400 w/ 1 GB and a Core Duo 2.2 GHz 2GB. I feel the differences but not too bluntly...
On work we use 512 MB on older machines and 1 GB on recent ones, with the CAD machines being 2 GB. Only for a very few apps had us had RAM problems. Indeed they are CAD apps that make renders out of models ^-^ like the point on render farms above !
EDIT #1 : as to Transcendence itself, it runs well on my 3 machines, a 800 MHz 512 MB PIII, an Athlon XP 2400 w/ 1 GB and a Core Duo 2.2 GHz 2GB. I feel the differences but not too bluntly...
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