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Flashanator said:
Whats the most high speed RAM I should or can get with quad core i7 & 2x295's on 64bit vista PC?

The most my local store offers is 6GB (3x2GB) DDR1600

I want alot because I'm always multitasking alot of programs, & programs like after effects can never have enough RAM.
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The least you can have with an i7 is DDR3.
 
Let's see here...

Primary
Emachines Celeron dual-core CPU at 3.20GHz
368MB RAM (Could use more but I'n not going to complain - my first PC had 640KB)
19" Soyo flat panel LCD monitor
~80GB (80,000,000,000 bytes) C:\ Hard Drive, ~5GB (5,000,000,000 bytes) D:\ Hard Drive
MS Windows XP Home Edition
10/100 PCI Fast Ethernet NIC
56K Telephony Modem
DVD/CD-RW (speed unknown)

I found this computer under the Christmas tree in 2006. :thumbsup:

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Secondary
Dell Dimesion 4500 Pentium 4 at 1.8GHz
512MB DDR SDRAM
Dell Enhanced Keyboard
19" Sony Trinitron flat-screen CRT boob tube monitor (now, it uses the LCD monitor from the above computer because the Sony went ****-up)
64MB GeForce3 Ti 200 Graphics Card
Harmon/Kardon powered speakers with powered subwoofer
80GB Ultra ATA/100 Hard Drive
3.5 Floppy
MS Windows XP Home Edition
Logitech Optical USB Rat
10/100 PCI Fast Ethernet NIC
56K Telephony Modem
24x/10x/40x Max CD-RW

This is the computer that a bunch of ever-so-kind CPF members chipped in for in mid-2002 because my old Pentium I 75MHz machine kept crashing and causing all manner of delays and lost work. :twothumbs

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Tertiary
Gateway 2000 Pentium II at 350MHz
192MB RAM
13GB hard drive
Uses the LCD monitor from the Emachines computer
This is the computer used for performing beam cross-sectional analyses and spectrographic analyses of sources from 874nm to 1,000nm.

I believe that this is another donated machine; donated by a CPFer sometime in 2000. :grin2:

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Quaternary
Toshiba Satellite Pro 460CDT laptop
166MHz Pentium II MMX
64MB RAM
~2.01GB hard drive
This is the computer that a very kind CPFer gave me shortly after I had that dreadful brain operation in early-autumn 2002 so that I could stay in touch with CPF. :thumbsup:
 
Relatedly, my Razer Lachesis arrived today. I was gaming on this thing with a dell 5 dollar mouse beforehand, lol. It's like buying a like-new vette and only using the engine- it just doens't feel right.
 
Lumenshroom said:
You don't need to worry about the more part, 6 gigs or more than you need (2 gigs is enough really)

You need much faster RAM to run an i7, though. Look on Newegg for some cheap DDR3
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Photoshop CS with multi-layered RAW photos, or just a lot of layers period, with Bridge running, etc., eats through 2 GB in no time. In fact, I've seen OS X utilizing over 6GB on our machine when my wife is working with complicated layouts / PSD files. Easy. And once you start swapping to disc, you know it! Our old computer only had 1.5GB and she had to be careful to only have open the minimum of stuff that she needed for what she was doing, and had to be selective as to how many brushes were pre-loaded, and so on. Now, though . . . she can do whatever she wants. Seeing 10GB on the system profiler readout for the first time was like a religious experience! I love having that much RAM. I myself would never use that much. My MBP only has 2 GB and it's enough. But I'm not a graphic artist / photographer either, though. How much RAM is "enough" really depends on what you're doing.
 
My fresh new system:

Mainboard: Gigabyte MA-790X-UD4
Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition
Memory: 4GB Corsair XMS2
Graphics card: Sapphire Ati Radeon HD 4890 1GB
PSU: Coolermaster Real Power 520W
Case: Coolermaster Centurion 5
HDD: Western Digital Green 1TB
Screen: Samsung SM204B / Samsung 32" Full HD tv
Mouse: Logitech G5
Keyboard: Some Logitech multimedia keyboard I nicknamed 'Bad Karma'

My old system:

Mainboard: Asus K8V-SE Deluxe
Processor: AMD Sempron 3100+
Memory: 512MB Corsair platinum
Graphics card: Sapphire Ati Radeon 9600 XT 256MB
PSU: Tagan 380W
Case: Some el-cheapo job (chieftec rip-off)
HDD: Maxtor 200GB
Screen: Samsung SM204B
Mouse: Razer Diamondback (with rubberized buttons turned to sticky goo by my sweat)
Keyboard: el-cheapo multimedia keyboard

And ofcourse my trusty MSI Wind U100 netbook...

Why did I nickname my keyboard Bad Karma? well, I used to have virtually the same keyboard in a white version. It had a little burnmark on it from a soldering iron accident. It was a great keyboard, but I discarded it in favor of the black version I use now... after using it for just 1 day, A soldering iron fell from it's stand, creating a burn mark in nearly the same spot where the old keyboard had it...
 
js said:
Photoshop CS with multi-layered RAW photos, or just a lot of layers period, with Bridge running, etc., eats through 2 GB in no time. In fact, I've seen OS X utilizing over 6GB on our machine when my wife is working with complicated layouts / PSD files. Easy. And once you start swapping to disc, you know it! Our old computer only had 1.5GB and she had to be careful to only have open the minimum of stuff that she needed for what she was doing, and had to be selective as to how many brushes were pre-loaded, and so on. Now, though . . . she can do whatever she wants. Seeing 10GB on the system profiler readout for the first time was like a religious experience! I love having that much RAM. I myself would never use that much. My MBP only has 2 GB and it's enough. But I'm not a graphic artist / photographer either, though. How much RAM is "enough" really depends on what you're doing.
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Well, for most people two gigs is enough.
 
Primary Computer:
Q6600 G0 @3.2 Ghz w/ Zalman 9700NT cooler (it could go higher, but I have no need)
EVGA 8800gt SC (of course this was $300 when I bought it over a year ago... I'm still holding out for a DX11 card)
EVGA 680I Motherboard
4GB OCZ DDR2 800Mhz SLI ready memory ("SLI ready" is pretty much marketing)
Western digital 320 Gb hard drive (I'll get a bigger one when I need it...)
OCZ GameXstream 700 watt PSU
Soundblaster X-fi Xtrememusic soundcard
BenQ G2400W 24 inch LCD monitor
Logitech G15 keyboard (generation 1 model with blue backlit LEDs, not red, and "fold-able" integrated LCD)
Logitech MX610 wireless mouse
And of course,
Antec Nine hundred case with 3 120 mm intake fans, 1 200mm exhaust fan, 1 120 mm exhaust fan, and another internal 120mm fan. I have this case modded with aluminum mesh fan filters which help keep out the dust, as well as a 4 channel fan speed controller.

Secondary computer:
Moderately modded dell dimension E510:
2.8 Ghz pentium D (Yes, this was intel's first dual core desktop CPU)
2 GB of 533 Mhz memory
EVGA 7600GT video card (256 MB)
Antec truepower Trio 500 watt PSU
400 watt HDD
2 19 inch flat panel LCD monitors (non widescreen)
Sound blaster audigy sound card
Because this computer is BTX case with horrible cooling, I had to mount a 90 mm fan in the back for exhaust, as well as a fan controller.

After this I have 2 other computers which are old enough to not merit mentioning here.

I was going to get a better video card for the primary computer, but I figured that someone would release something with significantly more performance to justify an upgrade over the 8800gt. However, I am still waiting. Sure, I could get a GTX295, but DX11 cards will hopefully be out soon, so I might as well wait. Of course, there aren't really any good games worth playing, so there really is no reason to justify upgrading right now.
 
The only graphics card scheduled to top the 295 in the next few years will be a limited run of 285X2s. Only a thousand will be made.
 
No, the GT300 based card should be out next year at the latest (possibly this year, but that is doubtful). I believe that ATI will have their DX11 card out before nvidia, possibly this year.
Also, the card that nvidia is going to be making is a single card GTX 295, which will not be based on the 285. There is simply no way that you could cool 2 of those, which is why the current 295 is based on 2 GTX275s.
 
inspirion 518 upgraded

intel core 2 duo E4600 @ 2.40 ghz
4 gig ram
32 bit operating system
vista home preimum
 
Well right now all I have open is Microsoft word, Rhapsody (a music program), and Firefox (as well as a bunch of utilities for monitoring temperatures, clock speeds, etc.), and I am using 1.55 GB. If I was doing anything remotely taxing, I would easily use over 2 GB. RAM is so cheap now that it isn't too hard to get a lot.
 
Plus, consider that the amount of RAM that is said to be "enough" doubles every two or three years. Like, in 2010, 4GB will be "enough", and in 2012, they will recommend 8GB or something. Even at that rate, though, my Mac Pro will be good to go for a number of years to come.
 
Gateway® FX6800-01e

  • Intel® Core™ i7-920 Processor2 (2.66GHz Quad-Core w/ Intel® Hyper-Threading & Turbo Speed Technology)
  • 3072MB DDR3 1066MHz Three Channel Memory with another 6GB on order
  • Genuine Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium (64-bit) with SP2
  • Premium Tower Desktop with Media Control Interface with a Stunning Jet-Black Finish and Copper Metallic Accents
  • ATI Radeon™ HD 4850 with 512MB Discrete Video Memory (Ports: 2x DVI-I, S-Video includes DVI-HDMI & DVI-VGA Dongles)
  • 750GB 7200rpm Serial ATA II/300 hard drive with 16MB Cache
  • 8-Channel (7.1) HD Audio
  • Keyboard and mouse replaced with Logitech components

I built my own boxes the last couple times as I was an avid PC gamer but this time (Dec 2008) I was too lazy and have moved to consoles anyway. Needed speed and graphics performance for photo editing and databases. Love the Nehalem chip. It rocks.

Not sure these days if you can beat pricing on PCs by building them yourself but you can definitely tailor one to your needs doing that. This one also did dual monitors out of the box which is a must for me.
 
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Mjolnir said:
Well right now all I have open is Microsoft word, Rhapsody (a music program), and Firefox (as well as a bunch of utilities for monitoring temperatures, clock speeds, etc.), and I am using 1.55 GB. If I was doing anything remotely taxing, I would easily use over 2 GB. RAM is so cheap now that it isn't too hard to get a lot.
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You definitely should not be using that much RAM with only those things open.
 
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