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21-Feb-2008, 11:36 PM #1
RAM Types
I am currently running on 4gb (3.5gb on XP) of Kingston 677mhz RAM.

Theres a deal on Corsair XMS 2gb 800mhz RAM. Is the trade off of 1.5gb of RAM worth the 133mhz increase?
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22-Feb-2008, 10:19 AM #2
Well, since it's doubtful that you use more than 2gigs for 99% of your processing, it might be. OTOH, if you actually truly utilize the full 3.5gigs of memory for something like a CAD program, I'd lean to the additional memory. Of course, you're not going to be able to see the difference, since most accesses are cached, so I doubt it's worth the effort.
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