Slam'n Systems
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Well, my old system specifications looking like this:
AMD 64 2800+
3GIGS DDR 333 Ram
ATi X1300 Graphics Card
Thermaltake 480W PSU
Gigabyte K8-Triton Mobo
Maxtor 80GIG IDE HDD
Windows Vista Premium
I felt it was time for me to upgrade to the current PCI-Express, Dual Core, SATA age that computers have come to. So, this is my new build that will be arriving via UPS tomorrow;
The New Rig
I was stuck between the eVGA 8800GTS Superclocked 640Mb or the one I bought, but I got a good deal on the one I got so, oh well =) I will be one of the few who will be able to play Crysis on almost maxed out settings [Yay!]
Quick question though. I would be interested in a month or so to buy another 2 Gigs of RAM but with Windows Vista 32-Bit, I know you can only have 4GIG's Max of physical memory, but does this mean 4GIG's of RAM or 4GIG's including RAM, GFX Card and CPU? <-If all 3 are included in this 4GIGS, then getting more RAM would be useless as it wouldn't read.
The reason I ask is because a few people say it's the 3; CPU, Gfx & RAM while others tell me it's just straight 4GIGs Max of RAM and that CPU & Gfx Card do not matter. <-If that is the case, then I would definitly get 2 more gigs of RAM
Also, what are some recommended programs to overclock my Video Card? CPU?
Thanks and I can't wait to build it tomorrow!
AMD 64 2800+
3GIGS DDR 333 Ram
ATi X1300 Graphics Card
Thermaltake 480W PSU
Gigabyte K8-Triton Mobo
Maxtor 80GIG IDE HDD
Windows Vista Premium
I felt it was time for me to upgrade to the current PCI-Express, Dual Core, SATA age that computers have come to. So, this is my new build that will be arriving via UPS tomorrow;
The New Rig
- AMD X2 Dual-Core 6000+ 3Ghz CPU
- eVGA 8800GTS 640Mb GDDR3 Graphics Card
- Gigabyte AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 AMD Motherboard
- Corsair XMS2 2 Gigabytes DDR2 800 RAM PC2 6400
- Antek TruPower Trio 550W PSU
- Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 320GB SATA HDD
- Thermaltake Xaser][ Case w/ Window
- Windows Vista Premium 32-Bit
I was stuck between the eVGA 8800GTS Superclocked 640Mb or the one I bought, but I got a good deal on the one I got so, oh well =) I will be one of the few who will be able to play Crysis on almost maxed out settings [Yay!]
Quick question though. I would be interested in a month or so to buy another 2 Gigs of RAM but with Windows Vista 32-Bit, I know you can only have 4GIG's Max of physical memory, but does this mean 4GIG's of RAM or 4GIG's including RAM, GFX Card and CPU? <-If all 3 are included in this 4GIGS, then getting more RAM would be useless as it wouldn't read.
The reason I ask is because a few people say it's the 3; CPU, Gfx & RAM while others tell me it's just straight 4GIGs Max of RAM and that CPU & Gfx Card do not matter. <-If that is the case, then I would definitly get 2 more gigs of RAM
Also, what are some recommended programs to overclock my Video Card? CPU?
Thanks and I can't wait to build it tomorrow!