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Ceyrin
11-17-2010, 09:52 PM
Anyone know where I can get the following...

4GB, 204-pin SODIMM, DDR3 PC3-8500

And not spend 150$ for the two chips I want to buy.

Also, opinons about quality versus cost are welcome.

I'd prefer not to spend 150$ or more, but I will.

PS: My computer doesn't support dual-channel so I have to upgrade both 2GB ram cards at once.
Stanley Burrell
11-17-2010, 09:58 PM
CTRL + ALT + DEL

Set priority.

Realtime.
Stanley Burrell
11-17-2010, 10:00 PM
Unless your computer is, already an RAM dinosaur, then do the reverse of what I just mentioned.
Ceyrin
11-17-2010, 10:03 PM
CTRL + ALT + DEL

Set priority.

Realtime.

Disregarding all fear of outing myself as a mostly computer illiterate person, I'm going to go ahead and say that I have no idea what you just said.

I will say I tried to find what you were referring to, and on Win7 64-bit, it must be called something else, or deeper in the taskmanager than I cared to venture to look.

I doubt my computer is a RAM dinosaur though, since it's currently at 4gb (as 2 chips).
Stanley Burrell
11-17-2010, 10:07 PM
Minimize background services. And this is a serious do as I say not as I do. I think I'm usually running ~%40 CPU on a plethora of fluffy shit.
Ceyrin
11-17-2010, 10:14 PM
Ok, I know what you're talking about now.

Currently I seem to be running at about 30%, but it's mostly stuff that's essential.

I just want more ram... I'm not really having slowness issues unless I'm doing about 12 different things at once.
Bobmuhthol
11-17-2010, 11:12 PM
Either you don't understand what dual-channel architecture is or I don't.
Bobmuhthol
11-17-2010, 11:17 PM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231308

Have a blast but if you say that you aren't using dual channel then that means you can mismatch RAM all you want. This is a dual channel kit in that the sticks are identical, an optimal situation for dual channel motherboards.
Stanley Burrell
11-18-2010, 01:09 AM
Ok, I know what you're talking about now.

Currently I seem to be running at about 30%, but it's mostly stuff that's essential.

I just want more ram... I'm not really having slowness issues unless I'm doing about 12 different things at once.

Ah, I thought you were fine-tuning, I'm assuming this is for something associated with major RAM-taxing then?