DDR3 RAM stuff

2013-11-04 Thread Curt Howland
The last time I rebuilt my system I forgot to include any swap. As a result, I've been paying attention to RAM use, speed, etc. I've had no problems. 4GB of RAM seems to be sufficient, but that doesn't stop me from using lshw to pull up the mobo, check the specs, and see what 16GB costs today on

Re: DDR3 RAM stuff

2013-11-04 Thread Chris Oelerich
isn't that where the 'double' part of ddr comes in? On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Curt Howland howl...@priss.com wrote: The last time I rebuilt my system I forgot to include any swap. As a result, I've been paying attention to RAM use, speed, etc. I've had no problems. 4GB of RAM seems to

Re: DDR3 RAM stuff

2013-11-04 Thread Kyle Smith
Clock numbers on DDR SDRAM are odd. Then marketing gets involved. This might clear things up, or confuse you more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDR3_SDRAM#JEDEC_standard_modules The memory controllers have been moved into the CPU for a few generations of processors now, so you're theoretically

Re: DDR3 RAM stuff

2013-11-04 Thread Curt Howland
On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Kyle Smith askr...@gmail.com wrote: Clock numbers on DDR SDRAM are odd. Then marketing gets involved. This might clear things up, or confuse you more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDR3_SDRAM#JEDEC_standard_modules So lshw might be reporting the clock speed of