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Since: May 25, 2009
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 4:36 am
Post subject: [Solved] How much RAM should I have - Vista
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I have recently installed Vista 64 bit. I am wondering how much RAM I
should have without having RAM for the sake of it?
The PC is not used for extreme gaming, video editing etc, just the
ususal that most home PCs do.
My PC.s specs are:
Intel BLKDP965ATCK (800MHz limit) MoBo
Intel Pentium D processor
2Gb DDR2 667MHz RAM
I have another 2 x 1Gb of the same ram I can take from my second PC
which is only used for web surfing, school work and some games.
I am wondering if putting 2 Gb (2 x1) or 4Gb of 800MHz would be the
better option, either in 2x2 or 4x1 cards.
I have noticed that regularly the RAM is running 70% someties more when
certain games or programmes are running.
Regards
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 7:12 am
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 9:02 am
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 9:35 am
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 12:25 pm
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 4:05 pm
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 4:05 pm
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But unless you are running an application like video processing it may never
need to go to the HDD. You don't buy an 8 passenger minivan if you are a
family of 4 because it costs more to operate, So you don't need 4GB of ram
and the additional power it costs to operate if you are just running normal
PC desktop applications such as excel which uses only uses 18MB of RAM
"cwl7454" wrote in message
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> Badger;1050385 Wrote:
>> And remember,
>> If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
>
> The more RAM on a computer, the less time the central 'processing
> unit' ([URL="http://www.vistax64.com/#"]http://www.vistax64.com/#[/URL]) (CPU) needs to go to the hard drive
> for data.
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 5:53 pm
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I decided to operate 64 bit due to it being more secure when online,
especially as I do all of my banking and other personally sensitive
things with my PC. When Intel released a statement a couple of years ago
stating that the PC was never designed for such things, surely evrything
that is available to make it safer should be used?
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 6:11 pm
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(Msg. 10) Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 6:13 pm
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"cwl7454" wrote in message
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> Badger;1050385 Wrote:
>> And remember,
>> If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
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> The more RAM on a computer, the less time the central 'processing
> unit' ([URL="http://www.vistax64.com/#"]http://www.vistax64.com/#[/URL]) (CPU) needs to go to the hard drive
> for data.
Aka: paging. Something you want to avoid. However, from what the original
poster has told us, they aren't paging ("I have noticed that regularly the
RAM is running 70% someties more"), so adding ram would be pointless. >> Stay informed about: [Solved] How much RAM should I have - Vista |
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(Msg. 11) Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 6:37 pm
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Curious;1050609 Wrote:
> But unless you are running an application like video processing it may
> never
> need to go to the HDD. You don't buy an 8 passenger minivan if you are
> a
> family of 4 because it costs more to operate, So you don't need 4GB of
> ram
> and the additional power it costs to operate if you are just running
> normal
> PC desktop applications such as excel which uses only uses 18MB of RAM
>
> "cwl7454" wrote in message
> DEL @xxxxxx-gateway.com...> > >
> > >
> > > Badger;1050385 Wrote:> > > > >
> > > >> And remember,
> > > >> If it ain't broke, don't fix it!> > > >
> > >
> > > The more RAM on a computer, the less time the central 'processing
> > > unit' ([URL="http://www.vistax64.com/#"]http://www.vistax64.com/#[/URL]) (CPU) needs to go to the hard
> > drive
> > > for data.
> > >
> > >
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> > > cwl7454 > >
your comments are completly absurd, not the chose of words I would
prefer to use, so take your trolling elsewhere as I have noting to say
to you. >> Stay informed about: [Solved] How much RAM should I have - Vista |
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(Msg. 12) Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 7:30 pm
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(Msg. 13) Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 8:19 pm
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"cogs06" wrote in message
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> I decided to operate 64 bit due to it being more secure when online,
> especially as I do all of my banking and other personally sensitive
> things with my PC. When Intel released a statement a couple of years ago
> stating that the PC was never designed for such things, surely evrything
> that is available to make it safer should be used?
Whoever told you that is wrong. There's no difference in security
between 32- and 64-bit versions.
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(Msg. 14) Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 11:45 pm
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(Msg. 15) Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 11:01 am
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"cogs06" wrote in message
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> I decided to operate 64 bit due to it being more secure when online,
> especially as I do all of my banking and other personally sensitive
> things with my PC. When Intel released a statement a couple of years ago
> stating that the PC was never designed for such things, surely evrything
> that is available to make it safer should be used?
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> cogs
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> cogs06
You may be confusing the length of encryption keys (where longer is
definitely more secure) with the length of the codes used to program the OS.
64-bit OS's are not inherently any more (or less) secure than their 32-bit
counterparts, when configured identically. >> Stay informed about: [Solved] How much RAM should I have - Vista |
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