Memory upgrade

CinderzFTW said:
What processor and mainboard you running?

Only the latest Haswell and AMD APU's can really utilize memory running that fast!
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Hi there, thanks for your response so far, in speccy it shows this:

Motherboard
Manufacturer PEGATRON CORPORATION
Model 2A99
Chipset Vendor NVIDIA
Chipset Model MCP61
Chipset Revision A3
Southbridge Vendor NVIDIA
Southbridge Model MCP61
Southbridge Revision A2
BIOS
Brand American Megatrends Inc.
Version 6.16
Date 03/18/2011
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And:

CPU
AMD Athlon II X3 445
Cores 3
Threads 3
Name AMD Athlon II X3 445
Code Name Rana
Package Socket AM3 (938)
Technology 45nm
Specification AMD Athlon(tm) II X3 445 Processor
Family F
Extended Family 10
Model 5
Extended Model 5
Stepping 3
Instructions MMX (+), 3DNow! (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, x86-64
Bus Speed 200.9 MHz
Rated Bus Speed 1004.6 MHz
Stock Core Speed 3100 MHz
Stock Bus Speed 200 MHz
Average Temperature 31 °C
Caches
L1 Data Cache Size 3 x 64 KBytes
L1 Instructions Cache Size 3 x 64 KBytes
L2 Unified Cache Size 3 x 512 KBytes
Core 0
Core Speed 803.6 MHz
Multiplier x 4.0
Bus Speed 200.9 MHz
Rated Bus Speed 1004.6 MHz
Temperature 31 °C
Thread 1
APIC ID 0
Core 1
Core Speed 1908.6 MHz
Multiplier x 9.5
Bus Speed 200.9 MHz
Rated Bus Speed 1004.6 MHz
Temperature 31 °C
Thread 1
APIC ID 1
Core 2
Core Speed 803.6 MHz
Multiplier x 4.0
Bus Speed 200.9 MHz
Rated Bus Speed 1004.6 MHz
Temperature 31 °C
Thread 1
APIC ID 2
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Do you reckon this one would be ok?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-045-TG&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517


Thanks in advance.
 
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Looking at your mobo specs I find this requirement :
2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM slots Supports Dual Channel DDR3 1333/1066 MHz non-ECC, un-buffered (Max 4GB).

So your mobo limits you very much when it comes to a RAM upgrade.
 
Thanks for your replies, its quite an old PC now and was one of those rubbish ready built ones from commet about 3 years ago and thats why the mobo is so rubbish.

Usually I buy all the parts myself and build a decent PC but at the time I had no money and it was a cheap option lol.

I've been playing BF4 and frame rate is good in some areas but bad in others and I thought upgrading ram from 4gb to 8gb would make a differance but now am actually thinking maybe I should just wait and buy a mobo/cpu/ram gaming bundle off ocuk when I can afford it after christmas.

Thanks for all your help so far peeps :)
 
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