SSD suggestions

[Stan_Lite]

Originally Posted by Joe 90

Might also get some more ram, 4gb isn't much nowadays!

Wonder if I can still find any DDR2 800 like I've got :/

Had a dig around in my parts drawer but the only DDR2 I have left is 2x2GB 1150MHz - pity

[Joe 90]

Originally Posted by Stan_Lite

Had a dig around in my parts drawer but the only DDR2 I have left is 2x2GB 1150MHz - pity

Thanks

Another week of intense overtime last week & rams cheap... just a shame I missed the deadline on Prime delivery for tomorrow!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-CT2K...696441&sr=1-10

[Joe 90]

That went terribly wrong. Turns out my board only has 2 DDR3 slots so I need to rethink this. Suppose its either two higher capacity DDR3 sticks or 4 of whatever I can get my hands on of DDR2.

If I had 2 4gb DDR3 and booted 32bit windows (still can't be bothered to reinstall to 64bit) would it just access 3gb of one of the sticks without issue?

[Mark]

It'd (hopefully) use the first 1.5gb from each stick. That's what dual channel does.

[Joe 90]

Wonderful thanks. Suppose I'd better go for more DDR3 then.

[Joe 90]

I'm having no luck.

New memory arrived & now I get no output when I boot up. I know this is either incompatible sticks or a fault with them, but my mobo definitely says it supports DDR3 1333 & the system still boots with the DDR2 so if these sticks are DOA I'm destined not to get my upgrade

Would someone please confirm I'm not going mad when I looked at this;

Originally Posted by ASUS.com

2 x DIMM, 4 GB, DDR 1333*/1066/800 Non-ECC,Un-buffered Memory
Dual Channel memory architecture
*The chipset officially supports the memory frequency up to DDR3 1066MHz/DDR2 800. Due to the tuning by ASUS exclusive technology, this motherboard natively supports up to DDR3 1333/DDR2 1066MHz. Please refer to www.asus.com or user manual for Memory QVL

And decided this was compatible; http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003N8GVU..._31005151_dp_1

Or does that suggest 4gb is maximum for the motherboard (per stick)?

I got it to boot with the DDR3 1333 that I got yesterday and tried to lower the clock speed on the memory to 1066 and 800 but the 4gb stick still wouldn't give any display output although looking & listening to the pc it seemed to run the boot fine & loaded up the hard disks because I had to hold the power to shutdown if I let it boot. (also cleared the cmos via the jumper & battery but that didn't change anything)