Thanks Tim. Yes it's the 680i chipset. The board has been solid for the
past five years with a flash upgrade about a year ago. In fact the whole
build has been solid, kudos to list member Chris who built it for me. I
just ordered the 2 x 1GB Corsair sticks. I'm going for the minimum
investment at this point as I expect to have a new 64-bit system by this
time next year.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Lider" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 13:26
Subject: Re: [H] RAM Upgrade Question
If I remember correctly the motherboard was a 680i chipset board. I used
the Asus P5NT Deluxe for like 5 years, 3 years running Windows in 64-bit
with no issues. Mind you that the CPU was a Intel Core 2 Extreme x6800.
The motherboard you have will run Windows 7 64 bit with no problems. The
CPU
might be the issue. Also, I also had the RAM out the 8GB as well on
Windows
7 Ultimate 64-bit. It ran smooth.
Hat surprised me was that when I upgraded to an Asus P8Z68-V with a
i7-2600k
and I was not really impressed with the speed increase. I guess it was not
really time to upgrade yet :) I now upgraded the RAM to 16GB and it kicks
ass in and out of Games.
Good luck on your memory upgrade.
Tim Lider
Sr. Data Recovery Specialist
Advanced Data Solutions, LLC
http://www.adv-data.com
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware-
[email protected]] On Behalf Of Veech
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 12:08 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [H] RAM Upgrade Question
That's what I was thinking, the 2 x 2GB for $48. Guess I'm paying for
old technology now. Probably my last upgrade to this box.
I am running a lot of audio programs and there are still some bugs with
the 64-bit versions especially regarding compatibility with DAWs,
interfaces and plug-ins. As time passes these compatibility issues are
being resolved through updates. If I can hang on another year or so
before going to 64-bit, I hope to avoid the numerous crashes and lock-
ups that others are experiencing.
Thanks for the help!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harry McGregor" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 11:58
Subject: Re: [H] RAM Upgrade Question
> Hi,
>
> The issue is on DDR-3 you can get four times the ram for less $.
>
> I personally given the prices you listed, would go with the 4GB
upgrade,
> and "remove" and store my 2x1GB sticks for when the box eventually
get's
> a 64bit OS.
>
> Here are some sample prices for DDR3, basically 8GB (2x4GB) for under
$30.
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-PC3-10666-240-Pin-Memory-
CMX8GX3M2A1333C9/dp/B003N8GVUY/ref=sr_1_85?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=13
22510178&sr=1-85
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-ValueRAM-1333MHz-Non-ECC-
Notebook/dp/B0053G6GI6/ref=sr_1_73?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1322510178
&sr=1-73
>
> Harry
>
>
> On 11/28/11 12:54 PM, Veech wrote:
>> 2 x 1GB Corsair $32.99:
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-PC2-6400-240-pin-Channel-
Desktop/dp/B000CDLCGG%3FSubscriptionId%3D15HRV3AZSMPK0GXTY102%26tag%3Da
bba-serp-ff-us-
20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D
B000CDLCGG
>>
>>
>> 2 x 2GB Corsair $48.94:
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-TWIN2X4096-6400C5C-PC2-6400-240-Pin-
Channel/dp/B0027P9C9G/ref=dp_ob_title_ce
>>
>>
>> This seems reasonable but I'm not so in touch with pricing, is it
too
>> expensive?
>>
>
