which RAM for 8GB ?

Humate · 7 Apr 2009 at 12:10

Hi,

I need 8GB of ram so i can run a specific program that devours memory.

I have an asus a8n-sli premium motherboard.
I currently have 2x1GB of corsair XMS something or other, but im not sure what it is... and i dont have a clue what all this DDR1 DDR2 and DDR3 is.

Can someone tell me what RAM I need, and what the best price/performance ratio memory might be. I dont need the fastest RAM in the world, the program im trying to run in linux is called imageJ (a java based image processing application) and isnt performance intense, it just requires a large amount for what im trying to do. But I also use my PC occassionally for a bit of gaming (racing sims), so i dont want to be stuck with RAM that really sucks for that. Equally i want to spend <£125.

Admiral Huddy · 7 Apr 2009 at 12:11

That mobo uses DDR1.. You can use CPU-Z if you ever want to check what memory you need.

Humate · 7 Apr 2009 at 13:01

aghh... thanks

DDR1 it is then

kylew · 7 Apr 2009 at 13:31

I'm pretty sure getting 8GB of DDR 1 is going to be not worth it. Cost wise especially.

I don't even know if they made DDR 1 sticks big enough to make up 8GB of RAM to be honest.

!TIMMY! · 7 Apr 2009 at 14:26

afaik ddr1 only came in 1gb sticks, so you could only have 4gb max.

monkehhh · 7 Apr 2009 at 15:01

Asus' site shows the specs for the board.. it can take a maximum of 4 sticks of DDR, totalling a maximum of 4GB.

Humate · 7 Apr 2009 at 16:00

ARGGG... that really sucks

well thanks for your help guys.

I cant be doing with upgrading mobo etc atm, no time. I will try and find a computer at university that I can use instead.

cheers... appreciated

Heretic1322 · 7 Apr 2009 at 16:49

btw 32 bit operating systems can only use 3.2ish gb of ram. If you slot in 4gb ram on a 32bit OS you will loose around 0.8GB

kylew · 8 Apr 2009 at 11:03

Heretic1322 said:
btw 32 bit operating systems can only use 3.2ish gb of ram. If you slot in 4gb ram on a 32bit OS you will lose around 0.8GB

32Bit OSes can use 4GB of RAM total. It depends on how much graphics RAM and cache other components have so 3.2GB isn't strictly true. If you had 4GB RAM and 128MB graphics RAM, you'd end up with about 3.8GB with cache taken in to account.

Admiral Huddy · 8 Apr 2009 at 12:26

He's using linux..

kylew · 8 Apr 2009 at 12:39

Admiral Huddy said:
He's using linux..

What would the difference be? I've never really used linux other than one of those live boot-from-the-CD ones.

Humate · 8 Apr 2009 at 15:41

I read the imageJ help and it said 8GB of ram would work fine with it on linux. So thats the route i needed to take. Stupid motherboard