http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/3274794/Kingston-Valueram-Computer-Memory-1GB-PC5300-DDR2-667MHz-240-Pin-Dimm/Product.html?P36=5PL37N

Just wondering before I commit to buying 4gb of the stuff.

cheers

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/3274794/Kingston-Valueram-Computer-Memory-1GB-PC5300-DDR2-667MHz-240-Pin-Dimm/Product.html?P36=5PL37N

Just wondering before I commit to buying 4gb of the stuff.

cheers


Kingstons one of the better makers so i'd give it a big fat YES

Surely you dont need 4GB..... windows XP wont even use anything past 2 gb any ways, although it will be detected, windows doesnt make use of it...

good value that!
true about not needing 4Gb, not unless your running a LAMP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAMP_(software_bundle)) or M$ equivalent server......

Planning on using it for a 64bit linux os.
Future proofing also yada yada yada :)

BTW thanks for the input :thumbsup:

would be more useful (although nearly insignificant) on a 64bit OS as they use more ram on pointers.

i wanted to future proof and got a 64 bit chip then tried 64 bit linux and it really offered no advantage, and too many disadvantages. most programs are simply ported and not re-written to take advantage of the extra registers. again it only becomes usefull when running a LAMP server or more specifically MySQL, as the ram size can exceed 4Gb.
i bought 1Gb with my machine and using linux have never once touched the swap partition, so now i dont have one!

You really see no difference in using a 64bit linux os?

I am dual booting a ubuntu os, and xp.
And the dvd encoding, is atleast 60% faster, in comparison with xp.

Using an overclocked dual core 3800.

whats fasted your getting out of your 3800x2 ?

I'm getting 2500htz x2

well, its the AM2 35watt version, Just done a %20 overclock, 2.20 ghz.

All using the supplied HSF.

What are you using personally? extra cooling?

hehe, im on a Skt 939 X2 4200+ (2.2Ghz stock) and its at 2.8Ghz atm ;)

hehe, im on a Skt 939 X2 4200+ (2.2Ghz stock) and its at 2.8Ghz atm ;)


Aren't the X2 4200's just overclocked X2 3800's anyway?

well, its the AM2 35watt version, Just done a %20 overclock, 2.20 ghz.

All using the supplied HSF.

What are you using personally? extra cooling?

using a basic water cooler i picked up in Poland for £40, dose GPU card too. keeps the PC around 35 degs all the time even under load.

ram also OC'ed from 400FSB to 500FSB so CPUZ informing me.

You really see no difference in using a 64bit linux os?

I am dual booting a ubuntu os, and xp.
And the dvd encoding, is atleast 60% faster, in comparison with xp.

Using an overclocked dual core 3800.

lol, no i saw no difference between IA32 and AMD64 linux, i saw similar speed improvements to you when i changed from XP to ubuntu. :)