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    Re: Someone talk me out of buying another 2gb RAM kit!

    Quote Originally Posted by NightshadowUK View Post
    I've found odd things happen like certain memory dividers deciding not to work but generally you'll find that your beautiful, blood-sweat-and-tears overclock, which was perfectly stable running two sticks of memory, suddenly becomes unstable. So you have to go back and tweak everything again, looking for the problem. Basically it puts more stress on the motherboard, draws more power and doubles your chances of having memory issues.

    That said I know plenty of people who've had no problems at all running four sticks so it's up to you really.

    My advice, don't risk it to save a few quid. Get 2x2GB and sell your old stuff on.
    that happened to me, i ran the e6300 at 3.2ghz for 2+ years til i got 4gb and it now refuses all overclocks..

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    Re: Someone talk me out of buying another 2gb RAM kit!

    well I guess the cas5 wont hurt me!
    2x2gb it is!
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    Re: Someone talk me out of buying another 2gb RAM kit!

    I'm running 6GiB and I love it.

    The more RAM the merrier.

    I don't overclock.
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    Re: Someone talk me out of buying another 2gb RAM kit!

    Even tho XP 32 only sees 3.5GB of 4GB worth of RAM (due to the gfx card eating it up) it is well worth it, especially when prices are so low - Windows feels much snappier and alt tabbing out of games is instant, loading maps games is much quicker too.

    Would agree with what some have said above tho, get a 2x2GB kit (at sub £40 it's a steal) and give the 2x1GB to a friend/family member Also for OCing purposes only filling 2 of the 4 memory slots puts less strain on the memory controller allowing higher clocks/greater stability.

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    Re: Someone talk me out of buying another 2gb RAM kit!

    Quote Originally Posted by Steve View Post
    I'm running 6GiB and I love it.

    The more RAM the merrier.

    I don't overclock.
    Exactly.

    I do overclock, however, and my Q6600 is sitting happily at 3.1ghz (haven't had time to experiment further) with 6gb (2x2gb, 2x1gb) DDR-6400.

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    Re: Someone talk me out of buying another 2gb RAM kit!

    Just a quick side Q: Is there a possibility of running RAM thats rated @ 5-5-5-18 at 4-4-4-12? (with a higher voltage, maybe)

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    Re: Someone talk me out of buying another 2gb RAM kit!

    If I were you, I would go for this RAM, http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143844
    Great value, and with cas4, but also, due to the micron D9 ICs, very overclockable,
    http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/....php?p=3471102
    Thats how good they are, (and as you can see, im looking to buy atleast one set, )

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    Re: Someone talk me out of buying another 2gb RAM kit!

    Just doit.

    I run XP - Vista on a dual boot with 2GB.

    As with every general succession of MS OS Software it wants to eat more memory and do things slower although apparently faster?? Efficient PSU? what about an efficient OS!!

    You know Vista wants the magic 4GB.
    However, doesn't matter what you do, every time you boot to vista, you'll be wondering just why it takes an aeon to load compared to XP. I know I do!!

    So there it is, you can give it 4GB, buy you'll still be pissed that it take ages for vista to boot compared to XP. So why bother?? If you want to do it quickly just boot to XP, if you want to do it looking nice boot to vista.

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    Re: Someone talk me out of buying another 2gb RAM kit!

    Already bought corsair xms2 4gb cas5
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    Re: Someone talk me out of buying another 2gb RAM kit!

    Quote Originally Posted by Oobie- View Post
    Just a quick side Q: Is there a possibility of running RAM thats rated @ 5-5-5-18 at 4-4-4-12? (with a higher voltage, maybe)
    Yes you can, possibly even tighter if u get a really decent set of sticks.

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