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08-23-2011   #1


Window 7 Ultimate 32bit
 
 


Hi there I am looking to upgrade my pc a bit not to much just a bit, please tell witch ram is best for gaming purpose mostly....

DDR3-1333 - Corsair DDR3-1333 4GB (2x2GB) XMS3 DHX Memory Module Kit : Sybaritic - South African Online Computer Store

or

DDR3-1333 - Mushkin DDR3-1333 4GB (2x2GB) Silverline Stiletto Memory Module Kit : Sybaritic - South African Online Computer Store

And then I want to buy this motherboard is this a good board or not?
Intel Socket 775 - Asus P5G41C-M LX IG41 Motherboard w/A8 + G + LK + SATA3 : Sybaritic - South African Online Computer Store

Let me just say the current board I have is a Gigabyte G31M-ES2C, only reason I want to buy this new board is because of ram I want faster and more ram

Thanks guys would really appreciate it.....


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08-23-2011   #2


Windows 7 X64 Professional/Windows 8
 
 


As far as I know, the ram you listed are both good brands. I do not know about the motherboard. You should also check Asus web site for the QVL list to make sure the ram is compatible.
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08-23-2011   #3


Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 


Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by Core7 View Post
Hi there I am looking to upgrade my pc a bit not to much just a bit, please tell witch ram is best for gaming purpose mostly....

DDR3-1333 - Corsair DDR3-1333 4GB (2x2GB) XMS3 DHX Memory Module Kit : Sybaritic - South African Online Computer Store

or

DDR3-1333 - Mushkin DDR3-1333 4GB (2x2GB) Silverline Stiletto Memory Module Kit : Sybaritic - South African Online Computer Store

And then I want to buy this motherboard is this a good board or not?
Intel Socket 775 - Asus P5G41C-M LX IG41 Motherboard w/A8 + G + LK + SATA3 : Sybaritic - South African Online Computer Store

Let me just say the current board I have is a Gigabyte G31M-ES2C, only reason I want to buy this new board is because of ram I want faster and more ram

Thanks guys would really appreciate it.....
Seems good to me! As essenbe said, check if that RAM is compatible with the motherboard.
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08-23-2011   #4


Windows 7 Pro X64 SP1
 
 


The QVL (qualified vendors list) is here:

ASUSTeK Computer Inc. -Support- Drivers and Download P5G41C-M LX

It doesn't list any DDR3-1333 memory, though. That doesn't mean that it's incompatible; Asus may simply have not tested it.

Is there any reason you're looking at a motherboard with two DDR2 slots and two DDR3 slots? I hope that you're aware that you can't use DDR2 and DDR3 at the same time. In effect, you'll have two memory slots. (On the other hand, if you want a microATX board like the one you've listed, most of the Socket 775 ones seem to have only two DIMM slots. www.newegg.com lists a few full ATX boards with 4 slots, but Newegg doesn't ship to South Africa.)
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08-24-2011   #5


Window 7 Ultimate 32bit
 
 


Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by bobkn View Post
The QVL (qualified vendors list) is here:

ASUSTeK Computer Inc. -Support- Drivers and Download P5G41C-M LX

It doesn't list any DDR3-1333 memory, though. That doesn't mean that it's incompatible; Asus may simply have not tested it.

Is there any reason you're looking at a motherboard with two DDR2 slots and two DDR3 slots? I hope that you're aware that you can't use DDR2 and DDR3 at the same time. In effect, you'll have two memory slots. (On the other hand, if you want a microATX board like the one you've listed, most of the Socket 775 ones seem to have only two DIMM slots. www.newegg.com lists a few full ATX boards with 4 slots, but Newegg doesn't ship to South Africa.)
I have a board it only takes DDR2 and that ram is so exspensive I might as well buy a new board and faster RAM.....Memory Graphics
DDR3-1333 | DDR3-1066 | DDR2-1066 | DDR2-800 | DDR2-667 PCI Express | PCI
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08-24-2011   #6


Window 7 Ultimate 32bit
 
 


I also have a question if I have windws 7 ultimate 32bit does is it any good if I have 4gig, does the games use the whole 4gig or what, becuase windows only use only 1gig or so?
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08-24-2011   #7


Windows 7 Ultimate X86 SP1
 
 


I agree with Bobkn regarding a dual type mother board. You'd have a better system if you got a LGA775 board with 4 DDR3 slots, and that type RAM is getting very low priced.

Check the FSB (Front side bus) spec on your CPU to see the max speed of RAM it will support.
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08-24-2011   #8


Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
 
 


Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by Core7 View Post
I also have a question if I have windws 7 ultimate 32bit does is it any good if I have 4gig, does the games use the whole 4gig or what, becuase windows only use only 1gig or so?

Windows 32 bit of any variety XP/7 or whatever will only see 2gb...if you want to run 4gb you will need a 64 bit OS for it to be seen/utilised.

If you are buying a board that runs DDR2 and DDR3 you can only use one or the other not both. Both Corsair and Mushkin have good quality Ram tho personally I think Mushkin is the pick of the 2 and normally can be well and truly overclocked.
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08-24-2011   #9


Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
 
 


Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by simmo View Post
Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by Core7 View Post
I also have a question if I have windws 7 ultimate 32bit does is it any good if I have 4gig, does the games use the whole 4gig or what, becuase windows only use only 1gig or so?

Windows 32 bit of any variety XP/7 or whatever will only see 2gb...if you want to run 4gb you will need a 64 bit OS for it to be seen/utilised.

If you are buying a board that runs DDR2 and DDR3 you can only use one or the other not both. Both Corsair and Mushkin have good quality Ram tho personally I think Mushkin is the pick of the 2 and normally can be well and truly overclocked.
Are you stating a fact?
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08-24-2011   #10


Win 7 Pro 64-bit
 
 


Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by Zepher View Post
Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by simmo View Post
Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by Core7 View Post
I also have a question if I have windws 7 ultimate 32bit does is it any good if I have 4gig, does the games use the whole 4gig or what, becuase windows only use only 1gig or so?

Windows 32 bit of any variety XP/7 or whatever will only see 2gb...if you want to run 4gb you will need a 64 bit OS for it to be seen/utilised.

If you are buying a board that runs DDR2 and DDR3 you can only use one or the other not both. Both Corsair and Mushkin have good quality Ram tho personally I think Mushkin is the pick of the 2 and normally can be well and truly overclocked.
Are you stating a fact?
It's been my experience that a 32-bit system loaded with 4GB RAM will see about 3.25GB. This behavior is due to something called memory mapped IO reservations. Those reservations overlay the physical address space and mask out those physical addresses so that they cannot be used for working memory. This is independent of the OS running on the machine.

The highest address accessible in a 32-bit system is 2 raised to the 32nd power which equals 4GB. But of those 4GB's the system will reserve a portion of the memory for the BIOS, PCI bus, PCI express, etc. And that usually amounts to roughly 512MB - 1GB (plus or minus a few hundred MB) depending on the specific system.

Memory Limits for Windows Releases (Windows)
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