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September 24th, 2010, 04:26 AM
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4GB DDR3 Dimms?
My motherboard, has 6 DDR3 RAM slots, each has 2GB dimm occupying it giving me 12GB.
I would like to boost my RAM but have not yet found a motherboard with 12 RAM slots! Is it possible to find 4GB DDR3 dimms anywhere??? Is this how some people are managing to have a huge 24GB in there systems? Thanks |
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September 24th, 2010, 07:55 AM
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September 24th, 2010, 09:38 AM
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Also, 4GB DDR3 DIMMs are available; in fact, many of those people who currently have 24GB of RAM spent upwards of $1,200 for the six DIMMs. That's nearly double what twelve 2GB DIMMs sold for at the time. But with today's falling prices, you can get 24GB worth of 4GB DDR3 DIMMs for about as much money as only 12GB worth of those same-sized DIMMs cost just a few months ago - in the vicinity of $500 to $600. |
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September 24th, 2010, 01:14 PM
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Dan, I'm curious as to what your motivation is for increasing the RAM beyond what you have?
What task do you hope to improve or expedite? |
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September 24th, 2010, 03:04 PM
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Thanks for the replies Gents. I am hoping to improve my Adobe CS5 encode times. Harm Millard has suggested I run the CS5 Benchmark program which I will do. Not wishing to mix two posts but its either a ram upgrade or upgrade my i7 920
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September 30th, 2010, 12:26 PM
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If you live near a MicroCenter, upgrading to an i7-950 is really pretty much a no-brainer if you want to cut encoding times. They sell them for $230 (as a loss leader to get you in the store). That's almost sure to be more cost effective than bumping up memory, and if you sell your old i7-920 on America's favorite auction site, you might even wind up making a little profit.
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