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 Nov 26 2006, 04:27 PM
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 New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15  |
Finally decided to upgrade my home-built computer. I just installes a new 160 gig hard drive to add to the 250 I already have. I want to add two more sticks of 256 ram to make a gig (i know, I should have done this a long time ago). I have a couple of questions.
1) Power supply: Mine is only 380 watts. Should I upgrade that too? Can I wait to upgrade until I get the new ram or should I now since I just added the new hard drive? I dont know shit about power. 2) Ram has to be added in equal increments, right? I currently have 2 sticks of pc3200 ddr sdram 256 mb so im at 512 total. If i wanted to add two sticks of 512 to give me a 1.5 gigs could I do that instead of adding 2 more 256 to equal a total gig? Are there motherboard/processor limits that could play a role in how much ram im allowed to add? pc3200 ddr only comes in 184 pin, right? If my questions dont make much sense, sorry. I dont know shit about power or ram. Any info you could give me would be great. THANKS |
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Nov 29 2006, 06:00 PM
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 Retired Funk-bringer Group: Moderators Posts: 2,656 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Dallas Member No.: 14 |
realistically, there's not a huge speed difference between them (at the moment), but SATA has the potential for much higher speeds, and i believe (i may be wrong, i don't have SATA) more possible devices per channel.
Right now the biggest difference is that SATA drives take one tiny cable instead of the giant ribbon connectors ATA drives take. It keeps airflow in your case a lot nicer, as well as aesthetics. -------------------- WAIT. I'm not finished.
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Jessica upgrade questions Nov 26 2006, 04:27 PM
Jessica man, some fucking nerds yall are....
I got my ans... Nov 26 2006, 10:29 PM lamont's lament posting itt Nov 26 2006, 10:31 PM zetec extra ram doesn't take significant power, and ... Nov 27 2006, 03:10 AM impala454 geez what the hell do you use 410 GB for? Nov 27 2006, 08:43 AM
Divergent Reality QUOTE (impala454 @ Nov 27 2006, 08:43 AM)... Nov 27 2006, 09:32 AM impala454 jessica does this? i was asking her what she does... Nov 27 2006, 02:08 PM Jessica I currently have 120 gigs of music that I wanted t... Nov 27 2006, 05:41 PM zetec QUOTE (impala454 @ Nov 27 2006, 08:43 AM)... Nov 27 2006, 09:36 PM impala454 yeah my last couple drive purchases doomed my last... Nov 27 2006, 11:42 PM Jessica whats the downfall to ATA as opposed to SATA?
Ive... Nov 28 2006, 08:24 PM Jessica well, yeah, i knew the obvious difference. I mean,... Nov 29 2006, 08:26 PM zetec don't get too excited; SATA II started rolling... Nov 30 2006, 12:04 PM Jessica QUOTE (zetec @ Nov 30 2006, 12:04 PM) don... Nov 30 2006, 06:22 PM |
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