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121a
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
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Location: Chicago,IL (KMDW-Midway)
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| Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 3:59 am Post subject: 4gbs of Corsair for $20 |
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Just bought my next set of 4gb so now i have 8gb total. :D
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145184
Purchase price is $45, free shipping and a $25 rebate. DDR2-800 RAM. For those who think the rebate is a scam, I have gotten all my rebates from Corsair with no problems. Just FYI for anyone looking for more RAM!
*Side note: If your not running Vista x64 (possibly x32 as well???) then 8gb will not do anything for you in terms of seeing the ram, XP has a max of 4gb. Make sure it is the type you need and that you have two open memory slots if adding more ram. :D |
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Cat1
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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Location: KFTW (Meacham Intl, Ft. Worth)
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| Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 4:24 am Post subject: |
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| Win XP 32 will not see above 4GB RAM and will report it as less than 4GB as I have learned. |
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tropicalfish
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| Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 4:47 am Post subject: |
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Cat1 wrote: Win XP 32 will not see above 4GB RAM and will report it as less than 4GB as I have learned.
32-bit operating systems cannot see above 3GB (I think) of RAM. |
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121a
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Location: Chicago,IL (KMDW-Midway)
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| Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:54 pm Post subject: |
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| well what ever the case, if you have a 64bit operating system or are building a new computer, this is a killer deal. :lol: |
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heeshung
Joined: 07 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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What happens is that 32-bit operating systems only have enough memory addresses for 4GB of memory, simply because during the design of 32-bit OS'es, they never envisioned with people having more than 4GB of memory.
However, as we all well know, nowadays, we have graphics cards' memory, and other peripherals' memory taking up those addresses, so the amount of RAM a 32-bit operating system detects actually depends on how much memory you have in your peripherals and how much of the memory addresses they're taking up. |
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sonicboom2885
Joined: 05 Mar 2007
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Location: Debrecen, Hungary - Hometown Chicago, IL
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| Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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u'll love it. i bought mine back in jan n installed it feb 3rd
i got mine in the store through microcenter
u guys can check it out at the website too, they might still be running them. |
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121a
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Location: Chicago,IL (KMDW-Midway)
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| Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 1:27 am Post subject: |
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| yeah i have an 8gb flash drive for Ready Boost, i want the real memory though, so even though i kinda got of simming, it will be a nice selling point when i sell the computer (like 5 years, LOL). |
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