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Title: Get 4gb DDR2-800 ram for $170
Post by: Smooth Groove on August 22, 2007, 09:55:36 PM: http://www.clubit.com/product_detail.cfm?itemno=A4308050&cmp=OTC-pr1c3grabb3r

DDR2 prices have dropped drastically. $340 for 8gbs is unbelievable. This is an awesome deal for people who want to upgrade to Vista.
Title: Re: Get 4gb DDR2-800 ram for $170
Post by: ToxicAdam on August 22, 2007, 11:35:17 PM: I have an older computer that uses DDR-400 (PC3200) ... is 58 bucks a good price for 1GB (Kingston from NewEgg)?
Title: Re: Get 4gb DDR2-800 ram for $170
Post by: Smooth Groove on August 23, 2007, 01:34:23 AM: If you're still using DDR, it's probably not a good idea to upgrade anything if you have to pay. Anything would just be a stop gap solution.
Title: Re: Get 4gb DDR2-800 ram for $170
Post by: Oblivion on August 23, 2007, 01:47:43 AM: How much RAM would you suggest one have to make Vista run without any issues.
Title: Re: Get 4gb DDR2-800 ram for $170
Post by: Smooth Groove on August 23, 2007, 01:51:16 AM: Quote from: Oblivion on August 23, 2007, 01:47:43 AM
How much RAM would you suggest one have to make Vista run without any issues.

At least 2gb. If you only have 1 gb, a 1gb flash drive would help quite a bit but it's still not as good as adding another gig. I use 4gbs right now w/vista x64 which is really great if you like to keep a bunch of apps open. Keep in mind that you most likely would have to go the 64bit route if you want all 4gb of ram to be available. If you use 32 bit, 1gb or more of the 4gb could be invisible.
Title: Re: Get 4gb DDR2-800 ram for $170
Post by: aoi tsuki on August 23, 2007, 04:13:59 AM: Quote from: Oblivion on August 23, 2007, 01:47:43 AM
How much RAM would you suggest one have to make Vista run without any issues.
At least 2GB. 1GB on my system was usable, but once i ran Firefox, Winamp, and a little Photoshop, i could tell it was spending more time swapping data out of the cache and less time being responsive. The funny thing is it seems like things got slower as time went on, which is counter what Vista's supposed to be doing. i ended up killing the Aero interface to get some resources back. i used a Sandisk Ultra II Compactflash card for Readyboost, and i think it sped application loading up, but the difference wasn't worth it for me after a week of using it. Best thing to do is just get more RAM as Readyboost seems to work best on memory-limited laptops with slow drives. i'm running 2GB now and it's much better.

i've toyed with the idea of going 64-bit, but it looks to still be too much trouble, and none of the Adobe apps have native 64-bit versions so there's no reason for me to switch.
Title: Re: Get 4gb DDR2-800 ram for $170
Post by: Smooth Groove on August 23, 2007, 04:35:41 AM: Even though I enjoy using Vista x64, I have to agree that it's not worth the trouble if you don't know what you're doing. Technically, 64 bits should offer better performance but so far its increased performance has mostly been negligible or non-existant. The main benefit of Vista X64 is being to fully access 4gb of ram or more. Aoi, actually Adobe photoshop is one of the few apps that would work better on Vista X64,even though it's not a native 64 bit app. The extra ram makes a big difference for something like photoshop.