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[mas]

Have 300 to spend, want a new processor, mobo and ideally RAM!

what can i get?

allways used intel but might sway over to AMD? any suggestions on what I should get?

thanks, sam!

 

[jamesp24]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-004-OK&groupid=701&catid=339&subcat=791

 

[mas]

will that be fast?

 

[jamesp24]

What you gunna be using pc for ?

 

[mas]

like, gaming, high end (obv will need good gfx card too)

multi tasking, do graphics so 3 demanding programs running, watching DVD's etc..?

 

[jamesp24]

Ok, yeh that package should be fine ,definately wouldnt go with amd intel is much better at the moment.

 

[Daz]

That's a good package.

 

[mas]

is that good yeah??

 

[Adam]

not bad

 

[mas]

hmmm,

want an asus motherboard though.

will need a sata HD and a new gfx card... shite this is gona cost!!! LOL

 

[Final Maxim]

i bought that package.

very good indeed.

run it with a geforce 8800gts and huntkey 550w psu.

 

[mas]

bought a different setup now!! lol

got a 2.66ghz dual core 2 intel, ASUS P5K Mobo, and 4gb Corsair DDR2 XMS2 RAM

Getting a 880gts this week too, i dont think my psu will do it all justice LOL

 

[Final Maxim]

4gb is a bit of a waste if your running vista, it can only handle 3.2 i think

 

[seb]

i really need to get some more ram tbh. only got 1 gig. have got the mother though - 8800

do you wear the t-shirt you got FM down the local pc world? lol mine is used and abused for mtbing

 

[Final Maxim]

aint got a clue what the f**k youre going on about seb LOL

 

[seb]

i got a free t-shirt with my graphics card wit hthe same geeky picture thta is on the side of it. the green bald bloke. i use it for mtbing. thought you may have got one.

 

[Final Maxim]

oh... nope, lucky you huh

 

[seb]

yeah i was well chuffed... lol thye sent it in size XXL... must be for all the fat geeks. bit baggy is an understatement.

 

[Daz]

4gb is a bit of a waste if your running vista, it can only handle 3.2 i think

64bit is fine.

 

[mas]

4gb ram will not work with vista?

 

[mas]

#?? i will be using 32bit windows vista?

 

[mas]

?hello?

 

[Adam]

4GB of RAM will work with Vista

 

[ben_p]

ahh well, bought the one with 2gb... that'll do!! lol

you got 4gb ad?

 

[Adam]

Yep

 

[mas]

looked up on net, apparently it says vista 32 bit will show 4gb in your BIOS but in the system info it says 3gb? so its a waste of 1gb?? hmmm

may purchase another 2gb if it works!!

 

[Adam]

All 32bit operating systems can see a maximum of 4GB. It is a mathematical limit, not the OS. Vista x86 like XP x86 will show a little over 3GB on System Properties. This is normal. The "missing" ram is not really missing It is used by the system and not presented to the user. There is a range of addresses at the upper end of 4GB that is reserved. In a system with less than 4GB these are logical addresses and are handled by the system that way. However, when the system has 4GB it must block out physical ram to protect the reserved addresses. In addition, the BIOS will reserve some additional address space for use by devices detected by the BIOS.

 

[jamesp24]

Ive got 4gb and im running xp pro lol.

 

[Final Maxim]

All 32bit operating systems can see a maximum of 4GB. It is a mathematical limit, not the OS. Vista x86 like XP x86 will show a little over 3GB on System Properties. This is normal. The "missing" ram is not really missing It is used by the system and not presented to the user. There is a range of addresses at the upper end of 4GB that is reserved. In a system with less than 4GB these are logical addresses and are handled by the system that way. However, when the system has 4GB it must block out physical ram to protect the reserved addresses. In addition, the BIOS will reserve some additional address space for use by devices detected by the BIOS.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=443

 

[rich[182]]

No 32 bit OS will see full 4Gb memory, only 64 bit OS, I thought you could get Vista 32 bit in which case it def wont see 4GB, only about 3.2

This has been raised at overclockers forums endlessly and everyone states that you need 64 bit to use 4Gb