System Memory

Post by **GORDON** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 8:16 pm

What's a good brand, any more? Been a couple years since I was in the market.

Post by **TheCatt** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 9:33 pm

Is it DDR, or still that SDRAM world stuff?

Post by **GORDON** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 9:50 pm

Well, I know DDR is faster than SDRam. But brand name?

Post by **Leisher** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 10:11 pm

Crucial is good I believe.

Post by **TheCatt** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 10:28 pm

Well, I was gonna say with DDR, you're prolly more concerned with the specs like timing and CAS and wtf ever people have these days. Dual-channel, stuff like that.

I think I bought Rosewill for the last RAM I had

Post by **thibodeaux** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:07 am

I just ask the clerk at Best Buy what I should get.

Post by **GORDON** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 12:54 pm

And then they say, "You want fries with that?"

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 12:49 pm

I go w\ Mushkin or Corsair.

Post by **GORDON** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:46 pm

I go w\ Mushkin or Corsair.

Ok. My new 512mb of Corsair memory only reads as 480MB in winxp, so I blame you.

Post by **Leisher** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 12:32 am

I told you Crucial.

Kingston is good too.

Post by **TPRJones** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 12:48 am

I've had bad experiences with Kingston.

Crucial is the only way to go if you want reliable memory.

Post by **TheCatt** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 7:40 am

You have integrated graphics, yes? Shared memory, perhaps? 32MB by any chance?

512 - 32 = 480

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Paul · Post by **Paul** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 8:55 am

I told you Crucial.

Kingston is good too.

I agree with both of those.

Post by **TheCatt** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 10:52 am

All memory is pretty much the same, 'cept ECC RAM.

Post by **GORDON** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 12:58 pm

You have integrated graphics, yes? Shared memory, perhaps? 32MB by any chance?

512 - 32 = 480

Yes... and I'm using the MB graphics instead of an AGP card (it's just a file server).

You think that's it?

I think I'll pull the 512MB stick out of my wife's computer, put it in the server, and see what happens.

Post by **TheCatt** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 2:09 pm

I am 100% certain.

When you boot it next time, go to the BIOS, and you can probably change the amount of RAM used by the graphics.

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Zetleft · Post by **Zetleft** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 2:09 pm

Corsair is good ram, never had trouble with em. Lower CAS the better, try for at least CAS2, may be listed as CL2.

Post by **GORDON** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 2:16 pm

I am 100% certain.

When you boot it next time, go to the BIOS, and you can probably change the amount of RAM used by the graphics.

Hmm.

This is the first time I've had a mobo with an AGP port that I didn't use. Never been exposed to the integrated graphics stuff.