Motherboard

[Videochd]

I was looking at buying some corsair RAM, and I was wondering what an afordable yet powerful chip(s) to get would be. Would I be best with a pair of 2gb RAM, or one set of 4GB? (FYI, im looking at DD2).

This is mainly for video games, such as Cyris

[dmethoxibit]

a 32 bit ops can only recognize a bit above 3 gb, so theres no point to getting more than that unless u have a 64 bit ops

[Rob]

That's right about the amount of memory Windows can actually use. See this page.

http://www.mysuperpc.com/pmu/windows_ram_memory_4gb_problem.shtml


I'd suggest 2GB for a gaming rig.

[Videochd]

I'm actually going to be using a 64-bit operating system.
Wouldn't 4gb of RAM make games run smoother?

[Rob]

No, I don't think so. There may be an exception, but generally no.

[Videochd]

ok, thanks a bunch. I've decided to just get 2gb of RAM. The 2gb versus 4gb won't impact the computer's performance right?

[Jamie Nixx]

I wouldn't think so.

[Videochd]

Alright, thanks a bunch

[The Wise Monkey]

The only reason to have that much RAM is if you do loads of video/photoshop work, where that kind of spare memory is needed. Otherwise, 2GB will do pretty much anything you need. :)

[Videochd]

Ive actually decided to go with 4gb of RAM.
I have chosen to use four 1gb Ballistix BL12864AA1065 modules. Even though there only 1gb each, could i get four for 4gb total? And will they work with any motherboard (specifically the Asus Maximus motherboard).
Thanks for any help!

[Jamie Nixx]

They should work fine with the Asus Maximus.

[dmethoxibit]

the only people who need 8 gb of ram are scientists that need to perform MASSIVE equations. but they probably have supercomputers to do that.

[The Wise Monkey]

Or people with servers, some of which use up to 32GB of RAM depending on their functions e.g. Windows Terminal Servers.