3GB or 4GB for XP

eastern thunder · 19 Apr 2008 at 11:12

I am in the process of building at the moment and will be installing XP on my machine. I have 4 x 1GB of ram although i know that XP will only recognise 3GB. Will this create any problems in running or speed of the ram, or would i be better installing 2 x 1GB and then put 2 x 512 in the other matching slots.

Cob · 19 Apr 2008 at 12:16

4 x 1gb will not create any more problems than 2 x 1gb & 2 x 512mb.

XP can recognise anything upto 3.5gb, tho it depends on factors such as the amount of memory on your graphics card. The average available is around 3.25gb.

I'd definately stick with your current 4 x 1gb.

skippo · 19 Apr 2008 at 12:54

yeah use the 4x1GB you have if you can.

although remember if OC'ing using 4 slots can put excessive strain on your NB which could cause system reliability issues.
If this does occur, get 2 x 2GB.

Devil_Spawn · 19 Apr 2008 at 13:01

or look for a 64-bit copy of xp

eastern thunder · 19 Apr 2008 at 14:38

Thanks for the replies and advice.