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James
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18th Feb 07 at 00:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I fancy upgrading my RAM, don't particularly need to but as I built the PC myself, I would like to see how fast I can get it

Currently have 1GB of Geil value and I want to upgrade to 2gb with a view to eventually upgrade to 4gb.

Is £100 a stupidly low budget for 2gb of RAM?
Cosmo
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18th Feb 07 at 00:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
your best having 1gb of quality RAM rather than 2GB of cheap RAM, especially if your intending to overclock and se ehow fast you can get it.
James
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18th Feb 07 at 00:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Well I'm not planning on overclocking TBH, its an area that I dont know much about, was just planning on making it faster by upgrading
Cosmo
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18th Feb 07 at 00:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
What type of RAM you got at the moment (DDR, DDR2)
James
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18th Feb 07 at 00:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
PC3200 DDR I think.
Cosmo
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18th Feb 07 at 00:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
what CPU and MB?
James
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18th Feb 07 at 00:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
MB - ASUS A8N-SLI Premium

CPU - AMD Athlon 64 3700+
James
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TBH I'm not particularly up to date with hardware, I know how it works and how tp build a comp etc, I just don't know whats hot and whats not.
Cosmo
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18th Feb 07 at 00:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
£100 is stupidly low then for the kind of performance you'd want from it. Expect to pay around £150 for some good value 2GB, and upto £350 for some decent 2GB
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18th Feb 07 at 00:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by James
TBH I'm not particularly up to date with hardware, I know how it works and how tp build a comp etc, I just don't know whats hot and whats not.


Grab yourself a copy of Custom PC mag, will give you some good reviews to base your ideas off. Then just research on the net for more info.
James
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18th Feb 07 at 00:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ok nice one

TBH I wish I had waited for dual core processors to drop a bit but never mind
Cosmo
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18th Feb 07 at 00:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Wait for the next round of upgrades to come out first, if you try to upgrade or wait for each new technology it would cost you a fortune.
James
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18th Feb 07 at 00:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Fuck wasting money on upgrades.

How cool is this

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/110403/rb/25377079509
Cosmo
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yup some good stuff out there at the moment!
James
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18th Feb 07 at 00:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I'm interested in getting something to fit in a drive bay like that to monitor the temperature and any other stuff that might be useful.

Any recommendations?
Cosmo
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18th Feb 07 at 00:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
depends if your after a proper screen or just something like a LCD display or a few gauge type things?!
Cosmo
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18th Feb 07 at 00:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Loads here
James
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18th Feb 07 at 01:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Well that one I linked above looks pretty cool actually.

I remember coolermaster used to do a load which would be good as my case is coolermaster but im not too fussy.
Cosmo
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I think its Thermal Take who are doing a case now with a motorised screen that comes out like a car radio/dvd player
James
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18th Feb 07 at 01:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote


I might just go for that one I linked TBH.

One question (n00b style question).....

Do they come with any sensors? I.e. Temperature sensor?
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18th Feb 07 at 01:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
depends on what you go for, some of the higher quality ones will, others will show a good price but come with nothing!
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18th Feb 07 at 01:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
this is the thermal take one - http://www.ttlanbox.com/
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20th Feb 07 at 14:56   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I let Crucial come up with an upgrade for my PC. It came up with 2gb for £150. Would be very nice if that worked - I only have 256mb at the moment.

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