Steve Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 You can see how much RAM is being used in Task Manager. If you're getting to the stage where your PC is forced to use virtual memory, that's when you need to add more physical memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sirchickski Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 virtual memory is being used to its max which is when pc freezes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 Ahhh, there you go then. I only skimmed the thread when I read it the first time, so I assumed you were just converting movies rather than editing them. I reckon 4GB is still overkill though unless you're working with HUGE files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sirchickski Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 some video clips are 6 gig in size 2 hours long it does eat my pc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 Sirchick, get the very best RAM you can afford to get. Every single operation the computer performs needs to be stored in the RAM at some point; there is literally NOTHING your computer can do that will not depend in some capacity upon the speed of your RAM. It's also the most likely culprit for various lock-ups and system instability. By BEST I do not mean largest capacity, but bigger is better if you can. Graphics aside, video encoding is MORE demanding on your system than gaming. It'll max out your CPU load, run your RAM ragged and send gigabytes worth of data to and from your hard-drive over a period of several hours. If you're doing a lot of video editing, decent RAM is a *MUST*. Add to this that if you're likely to overclock at all, RAM is almost always the limiting factor in pushing up your FSB... running the memory asyncronous always introduces instability, to get the most out of your system you'll need RAM capable of a nice high FSB at a low latency. But you're probabbly not too worried about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 Steve, do you still run that P3 @ 800Mhz? I had an 800Mhz P3 and it ran 1.1Ghz with the stock cooler fine.... six years later it's still running nice at those speeds, my parents use it 24-7. Nice little rig. ASUS board and some 133 SDRAM I believe, surprisingly fast for it's age Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sirchickski Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 right now this is getting more advanced that my brain can understand in one go lol ... can show me an item as an example of " good " with capacity cos i duno what i need to look for that defines good when it comes to ram ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flowerpot Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 sirchick,good is like this,say this to any computer part seller,"I want DDR400 512 sticks,MATCHED PAIRS that can do 220Mhz at 2.2.2.5 1T!" LOl NO matter what brand you get that can do those specs it's gonna be good,high performance RAM is very competitive at the top range.As I said Mushkin,OCZ Corsair,Team,Gskill,Geil are all big players....Thing is RAM that runs at Cas Latency 2 ALWAYS has very little room to move until you have to drop it to 2.5....say maybe 240Mhz MAX!And you new proc could handle an extra 200Mhz easy(I've had that Core b4) without dropping the HT,raising the Vcore or Vdimm or running a divider....You wanted confusion-there you go lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sirchickski Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 that didnt help with me purchasing lol ! argh im getting less confident now ! can u point me to a cheap but good ram item of 1 gig sticks please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flowerpot Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 If you really want 2X1gig sticks....Look at something like this depending on your price range,like I said all the good stuff is very competitive performance wize:http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/99337That choice is not the be all and end all but it's pretty much what you look for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sirchickski Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 bit costly thats the thing :s how come there are some 1gig sticks for under 50 quid :s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flowerpot Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 It's the new thing,therefore you pay the high prices.lol... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sirchickski Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 any cheaper ones ? which u can recommend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flowerpot Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/552962 of those Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sirchickski Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 thas cool!! i can afford alot of them lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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