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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 26 2006, 10:29 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 |
man, some fucking nerds yall are....
I got my answers elsewhere. Screw you guys. 
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Nov 26 2006, 10:31 PM
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 monogamous gays & stem cells Group: Members Posts: 3,789 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 8 |
posting itt
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Nov 27 2006, 03:10 AM
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 Retired Funk-bringer Group: Moderators Posts: 2,656 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Dallas Member No.: 14 |
extra ram doesn't take significant power, and if you're replacing a hard drive rather than adding another you shouldn't have to worry about the power supply.
also, you can add ram in whatever increment. it's the speeds that have to match. ie, 256@PC3200 + 512@PC2600 = 734@PC2600. still works, but goes with the lowest supported speed. -------------------- WAIT. I'm not finished.
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Nov 27 2006, 08:43 AM
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 Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
geez what the hell do you use 410 GB for?
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Nov 27 2006, 09:32 AM
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  Group: Agents Posts: 4,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lu-bok Member No.: 41 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ Nov 27 2006, 08:43 AM)  geez what the hell do you use 410 GB for? converting raw videos into divx. hours and hours of video. -------------------- 32-bit whore
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Nov 27 2006, 02:08 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
jessica does this? i was asking her what she does with it.
i have like 900GB of storage but I'm a file packrat |
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Nov 27 2006, 05:41 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 |
I currently have 120 gigs of music that I wanted to back up just in case I ever lose my hard drive. Plus, it would be nice to start getting movies on here again...
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Nov 27 2006, 09:36 PM
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Retired Funk-bringer Group: Moderators Posts: 2,656 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Dallas Member No.: 14 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ Nov 27 2006, 08:43 AM) geez what the hell do you use 410 GB for? i had 1.5TB of storage before my new maxtor failed on me. sad thing is, all of it's ATA, not SATA. i'm so fucking screwed when i decide to upgrade. (although i need to already) biggest problem i have is that when i upgrade, it's going to cost a fortune. Even for just a new video card, i'd need a machine with PCIE, which means i'd have to upgrade my motherboard, and my processor, then i'd have to upgrade my ram to DDR2, and while i'm at it I might as well upgrade to sata (i'll just get an ATA PCIE board until I have the need for new drives, and just get an 80gb 10kRPM sata drive for the system drive), and hell, my case is falling apart, might as well get a new one of those too. Only thing I can really keep, aside from periphrials, is my sound card, and even that's antiquated (sound blaster live 5.1, only 16bit.) seriously, it's gonna cost me a fucking fortune. -------------------- WAIT. I'm not finished.
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Nov 27 2006, 11:42 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
yeah my last couple drive purchases doomed my last few ATA drives to the box in the closet. i have a 300, 250, and 150 raptor (so actually just 700 i guess). i don't even really fill them all up that bad i just don't ever delete anything.
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Nov 28 2006, 08:24 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 |
whats the downfall to ATA as opposed to SATA?
Ive been out of the loop for a while |
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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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Nov 29 2006, 08:26 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 |
well, yeah, i knew the obvious difference. I mean, my original hard drive is ATA but my new one is SATA
kinda cool that my motherboard supported SATA since the motherboard is at least 3 years old |
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Nov 30 2006, 12:04 PM
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Retired Funk-bringer Group: Moderators Posts: 2,656 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Dallas Member No.: 14 |
don't get too excited; SATA II started rolling out this year.
-------------------- WAIT. I'm not finished.
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Nov 30 2006, 06:22 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 |
QUOTE (zetec @ Nov 30 2006, 12:04 PM) don't get too excited; SATA II started rolling out this year. oh it was only exciting because I bought the drive for $20 at CompUSA on Thanksgiving without knowing if my motherboard supported SATA.... I was excited when I found out it did. |
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