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[*MAFIA* Hellraiser]

So I need new Ram for my computer.  Can anyone tell me if this looks good?  It has all the specs I need.  If there is something better, but cheaper let me know.  I am fucking tired of my computer fucking shutting down!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145184

[*MAFIA* OUTLAW]

If you haven't already see what the price would be here: http://www.crucial.com/index.aspx

[Rat]

That's the same place I bought mine when I built my comp. Same brand also. NO problems and it's been about a year.

[*MAFIA* Manowar]

Egghead's got great prices, ram it down.

[*MAFIA* Scooby]

$60 is too much for this kind of RAM. I got my Kingston PC2-6400 (about the same specs too) for about $30 at a weekend sale. Do you have Fry's Electronics where you are? They have weekend deals and you can find this there sometimes.

[*MAFIA* KrautKiller]

$60 is too much for this kind of RAM. I got my Kingston PC2-6400 (about the same specs too) for about $30 at a weekend sale. Do you have Fry's Electronics where you are? They have weekend deals and you can find this there sometimes.

Ya you can get this exact ram for around $30-$40 at another place, but I can't think of the website at the moment.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220293

My college uses this brand, its cas latency is better than the brand you linked, but that will only effect you by probably 1-2% or not at all in most situations.

This brand is reliable, but you're still getting what you payed for.

[*MAFIA* Hellraiser]

If you haven't already see what the price would be here: http://www.crucial.com/index.aspx

  So I ran this and it said tha I can put up to 8GB of ram, now I had this guy who says he "knows" computers and told me that since I have a 32 bit system, that only 4GBs will be reconginized.  Is this true?  Should I go for the 8 or stick with the 4?

[HardCore]

i also think that more than 4 GB is only possible on a 64-Bit system. i'm not really sure, so maybe someone else will help you out.

and if i remember correctly, xp can only handle max 4GB. again not 100% sure.
idk about vista.

[*MAFIA* Scooby]

If you put 8GB in a 32 bit system, it will only read 2-3.2 GB. Not exactly sure on the decimal place number but I know that it won't be reading it all. It's not worth it to get that much and plus you won't even be using it all even if it did read. If you have a motherboard that supports DDR3, you could put like 12 GB or more and it would read all.

[*MAFIA* KrautKiller]

  So I ran this and it said tha I can put up to 8GB of ram, now I had this guy who says he "knows" computers and told me that since I have a 32 bit system, that only 4GBs will be reconginized.  Is this true?  Should I go for the 8 or stick with the 4?

3.2gig is how much it will recognize in most cases, but that really depends on how much onboard, video, and system memory you have. 32 basically means 2^32 which is 4,294,967,296 (My math is probably a tad off) GB of total memory a 32 bit OS can acknowledge.

You need a 64 bit OS if you put in more than 4gig. 2^64 = 17,179,869,184 GB.

[*MAFIA* Hellraiser]

Ok, one more question, how can I test my ram to see what stick is bad?

[*MAFIA* KrautKiller]

How do you know it's the ram? Run This program and it will give you errors that it finds.

Try moving the ram to different slots, it could be the slot itself causing the problem. I honestly suggest just buying a new MOBO that is compatible with DDR3.

[*MAFIA* Hellraiser]

How do you know it's the ram? Run This program and it will give you errors that it finds.

Try moving the ram to different slots, it could be the slot itself causing the problem. I honestly suggest just buying a new MOBO that is compatible with DDR3.

  I was having issues with the program for some reason so I said fuck it and ordered new ram.  We shall see what happens.  Worst case I send it back. 

[*MAFIA* KrautKiller]

You're supposed to save it to a CD and run it before your OS starts up

[MeZmoriZe]

Just tie your desktop to a male goat.  It'll have plenty of RAM then.