 Help With Find A New Motherboard/memory |
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 Nov 7 2006, 05:03 AM
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Member [ Level 2 ]  Group: Members Posts: 70 Joined: 29-August 06 Member No.: 15,594  |
QUOTE(DrK3055A @ Nov 6 2006, 11:13 PM)  Are you sure that 256 MB are enough to keep up an OS like Windows XP??? To be frank I agree with you DrK3055A. If you are running considerably big applications, 512MB(Minimum) is definitely needed and 256MB is not enough. For example, if you're running SQL Server 2005 Express addition with Management console, the minimum requirement itself is 512MB!!! If one is running 3-5 reasonably big applications simultaneously or one big application, 512MB will be too low for XP. Tallkid, I strongly suggest a RAM upgrade. You can buy that Kingston RAM. (I don't know if your motherboard/processor support it). But, DDR2 RAM is a better buy than DDR. |
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Nov 7 2006, 05:54 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 112 Joined: 3-November 06 From: USA, CA, Los Angeles Member No.: 16,947 |
QUOTE(DrK3055A @ Nov 6 2006, 11:13 PM) Are you sure that 256 MB are enough to keep up an OS like Windows XP??? Even my PIII 500 has 512 MB and many times the virtual memory swap file gets around 1Gig (and i'm talking about Windows 98, that in normal condition demands far less memory than XP) Ya dude, i have been running Windows XP Pro on the following system: AMD Athlon 640mhz 128 mb ram 120 gig hard drive (thats new) It works quite well, sometimes freezes but it does its job.We bought it in 1999, it survived my damage and is being used by my 10 year brother. Its page has a max limit of 10 gigs. So imagine the possibilty. Also, it has linux installed on it. If you know windows you can do anything. My next goal is figuring away to install windows xp home on computer with no RAM (not possible) hehe. |
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Nov 7 2006, 09:30 AM
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Member [ Level 2 ] Group: Members Posts: 70 Joined: 29-August 06 Member No.: 15,594 |
QUOTE(Levis @ Nov 7 2006, 05:54 AM) Ya dude, i have been running Windows XP Pro on the following system: AMD Athlon 640mhz 128 mb ram 120 gig hard drive (thats new) It works quite well, sometimes freezes but it does its job.We bought it in 1999, it survived my damage and is being used by my 10 year brother. Its page has a max limit of 10 gigs. So imagine the possibilty. Also, it has linux installed on it. If you know windows you can do anything. My next goal is figuring away to install windows xp home on computer with no RAM (not possible) hehe. Well dude, It's working only because hardly any big application is running on it. Try running a webserver and a database service(Let's say MySQL) and a graphical application. (Which uses reasonable amount of graphics) Unless you have a graphics card which has RAM, the comp will hang itself. |
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Nov 8 2006, 06:49 AM
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Member [ Level 2 ] Group: Members Posts: 70 Joined: 29-August 06 Member No.: 15,594 |
QUOTE(Promotiona @ Nov 7 2006, 03:56 PM) Hello all. Please, give me link to any AD PROGRAM - wanna to purchase!!! Thanks. Guess you are new around here. I fail to find a correlation between the discussion thread and your post. May be you should consider moving your post somewhere else? (May be I didn't understand your post. Is "AD PROGRAM related to motherboards and memory? Are you talking about ADs regarding MBs and RAM?) |
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Nov 8 2006, 11:04 PM
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Newbie [ Level 2 ] Group: Members Posts: 12 Joined: 1-November 06 Member No.: 16,907 |
QUOTE(SP Rao @ Nov 6 2006, 11:03 PM) To be frank I agree with you DrK3055A. If you are running considerably big applications, 512MB(Minimum) is definitely needed and 256MB is not enough. For example, if you're running SQL Server 2005 Express addition with Management console, the minimum requirement itself is 512MB!!! If one is running 3-5 reasonably big applications simultaneously or one big application, 512MB will be too low for XP. Tallkid, I strongly suggest a RAM upgrade. You can buy that Kingston RAM. (I don't know if your motherboard/processor support it). But, DDR2 RAM is a better buy than DDR. Can you help me find one one that would support my computer, SP Rao? DDR2 if possible? |
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Nov 9 2006, 03:21 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 112 Joined: 3-November 06 From: USA, CA, Los Angeles Member No.: 16,947 |
QUOTE(SP Rao @ Nov 7 2006, 09:30 AM) Well dude, It's working only because hardly any big application is running on it. Try running a webserver and a database service(Let's say MySQL) and a graphical application. (Which uses reasonable amount of graphics) Unless you have a graphics card which has RAM, the comp will hang itself. Yes i ran Windows ISS server on it and then i installed Apache, PHP, MySQL, and PHYMYADMni and tweaked it down, it was slow but it worked pretty well. I also installed Phsotoshop elements 2.0 Microsoft Office 2003 and Mitdown Madness 2. Thos eprogram require more then 128 and it worked well, It just took a while to load lol. |
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Nov 9 2006, 05:02 PM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 330 Joined: 2-February 06 Member No.: 11,040 |
QUOTE(SP Rao @ Nov 7 2006, 04:30 AM) Well dude, It's working only because hardly any big application is running on it. Try running a webserver and a database service(Let's say MySQL) and a graphical application. (Which uses reasonable amount of graphics) Unless you have a graphics card which has RAM, the comp will hang itself. that's true, it is possible to run WinXp with 128 RAM I tried it but loading 2 or more programs such as Flash and Photoshop which are pretty big on RAM won't work too well. I went back to win2k but it's still the same. So I think it should be RAM that should be upgraded for you. If you think your computer is running too slow for you then it's more memory you need. I think that 1G ram should do. Can anyone tell what the difference between DDR and DDR2 and would they be compatible with motherboards that support DDR? |
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Nov 10 2006, 04:29 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 112 Joined: 3-November 06 From: USA, CA, Los Angeles Member No.: 16,947 |
I agree that you need more Ram i was just giving you a second option if you don't want to spend the money. When you do upgrade, tweak your page file size. It will maximize your system speed.
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Nov 10 2006, 11:30 AM
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Member [ Level 2 ] Group: Members Posts: 70 Joined: 29-August 06 Member No.: 15,594 |
QUOTE(Levis @ Nov, 04:29 AM) I agree that you need more Ram i was just giving you a second option if you don't want to spend the money. When you do upgrade, tweak your page file size. It will maximize your system speed. Some details about DDR and DDR2 and their differences are explained in these links. http://www.motherboards.org/reviews/hardware/1476_1.html http://www.corsair.com/corsair/products/sp...DDR2_PRIMER.pdf Well, Tallkid I don't know which country you are from. (Guess USA). I stay in India. Now, it's no big deal to get DDR2 memory. There are good memory manufactures like transcend, Kingston etc. You can just pick the size and brand. Request for DDR2. (I just bough 512MB DDR2 of Transcend two weeks back.) To check if there are any online deals, you can check. Deals2Buy |
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Nov 14 2006, 03:54 AM
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Newbie [ Level 2 ] Group: Members Posts: 12 Joined: 1-November 06 Member No.: 16,907 |
Hey guys ty for all the help, but I was wondering will this support my motherboard?
http://directron.com/kvr800d2n51g.html Ty, Tall |
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