Overkill.

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ok thanks...i was planning on putting 4 gigs into the system im building but then i read somwhere that 4 gigs is like..way overkill.so then i decided to get 2 gigs..im going to be using this comp for video and audio editing..downloading and gaming...how much ram should i get? do you know?
 
4GB is not nessesary for today but it will be in the future as everything advances.


Considering you have 2GB, Once when you install all your software 20% of your ram will be in use when idle on a 64 bit OS because it uses larger registers and such. This is the percent on my system.
 
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With 2 sticks of ram it's still under 1 timing or per cycle but with 4 sticks of ram it's under 2 timings or clycle's making it slower. I personally do not think the performance decrease will be by much and it is another way of future proofing your system. I'd say it's really your call but it's not needed now and will be in the future and there is a slight slight performance decrease if you do this.
 
You will need DDR1 RAM for an AMD processor



IF

2 sets = 4 sticks

then

You want 1GB sticks

If two sets = two sticks

You want 1GB sticks
 
ok you lost me lol...2 sets = 4 sticks...yes...

one option would be to get 1 set (2 sticks) of 1gb ram.

the other would be to get

2 sets (4 sticks) of 512 mb ram

wich would give me best performance?
 
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