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Azizza
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posted 06-16-2003 11:12:56 PM
Ok my PC perfoprmance is sorely lacking compared to my MAC. Time to bring it up to par.

Here are my choices. I can either upgrade from a P4 2.4Gh Proc to a 3.06 for about 360 bucks
or
I can upgrade from 512Mb of Ran to a full Gig for about 250 bucks.

Both will eventually be done. It is just a matter of which comes first.
I am leaning towards the Ram at the moment. Your opinion?

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Kegwen
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posted 06-16-2003 11:13:33 PM
CPU first.
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Snugglits
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posted 06-16-2003 11:26:27 PM
RAM first.
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Gydyon
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posted 06-16-2003 11:29:00 PM
Duck season.
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Snugglits
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posted 06-16-2003 11:29:23 PM
Rabbit season.
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Gydyon
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posted 06-16-2003 11:42:20 PM
DUCK SEASON!
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Bummey the Fool
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posted 06-17-2003 12:18:40 AM
<- can barely type. lauging too hard. That was great, Gyd

quote:
We were all impressed when Azizza wrote:
I can upgrade from 512Mb of Ran to a full Gig for about 250 bucks.

What type of ram do you currently have?

[ 06-17-2003: Message edited by: Bummey the Fool ]

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Spiffy Puppet
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posted 06-17-2003 12:44:23 AM
Without a question buy the ram first while its still cheap. Pricewatch has 512mb of PC2100 DDR listed for $54 a stick. Even a 512mb stick of PC3700 is only $94. I've never seen ram this cheap and it might not stay that way for long, buy now or risk paying a lot more later.
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Bajah
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posted 06-17-2003 12:56:23 AM
From the price he's quoting, I'm gonna assume he's using RDRAM (Rambus).
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Spiffy Puppet
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posted 06-17-2003 01:32:21 AM
RDRam hasn't followed the same path as the rest if its the 1066mhz version he's looking for. That stuff is still damn expensive. Guess thats what you get for building/buying a rig with a pentium.
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Bummey the Fool
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posted 06-17-2003 01:32:36 AM
quote:
This one time, at Bajah camp:
From the price he's quoting, I'm gonna assume he's using RDRAM (Rambus).

Yeah... 250 is a bit spendy for only 512 megs. It's gotta be pretty low end shit. Most likely 164 pin crap.

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Lyinar Ka`Bael
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posted 06-17-2003 03:39:22 AM
I recommend RAM first, CPU can follow.


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Burger
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posted 06-17-2003 06:29:34 AM
I'd go for a 3.00 instead of a 3.06

just wait a little while for prices to drop. Although right now you may want to grab a new mobo/DDR as your upgrade. Pick up a new canterwood board, some fast ram, and that'll give you a performance boost, expescialy if you decide to go for a mild overclock on your CPU (well, you're replacing it anyway, right....)

Bite me.

No, Really. Bite me.

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Azizza
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posted 06-17-2003 08:20:01 AM
quote:
There was much rejoicing when Burger said this:
I'd go for a 3.00 instead of a 3.06

just wait a little while for prices to drop. Although right now you may want to grab a new mobo/DDR as your upgrade. Pick up a new canterwood board, some fast ram, and that'll give you a performance boost, expescialy if you decide to go for a mild overclock on your CPU (well, you're replacing it anyway, right....)

I wound end up spending to much moneyt that way to get the same performance increases. You know how stupid I think it is for people to overclock main Procs so I am not even considering that. Why would I want to bother upgrading all that when at best it would give me a couple percent increase over my current system with a faster processor. My board will support up to a 3.06W/Hyperthreading. It runs at 533 and yes it uses Rambus. I found out I was a bit high on the price. I can get two 256Mb chips from Samsung for 95 each.

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Blindy
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posted 06-17-2003 09:10:25 AM
processor will become cheaper in 4-5 months. Ram will not.

2.4ghz is plenty of fire power, 512MB is about average now.

I'd say ram.

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Azizza
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posted 06-17-2003 09:55:49 AM
quote:
This one time, at Sergeant Blindy camp:
processor will become cheaper in 4-5 months. Ram will not.

2.4ghz is plenty of fire power, 512MB is about average now.

I'd say ram.

Exactly my thought

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