Ram

[Urban Ranger]

Wait. You have RDRAM in your system?

[TCTopQuality]

yeh, 1600mhz non-ecc RDRAM

[Urban Ranger]

Specifications: With a 3.06-GHz Intel Pentium 4, 1GB 1,066-MHz RDRAM, 200GB hard drive, 4x DVD+RW/+R drive, 16X DVD-ROM drive, ATI Radeon 9700 Pro, 18-inch 1800FP LCD monitor

Oh bugger, this thing costs an arm and a leg.

If you have RDRAM, you are stuck. You can't switch to DDR-RAM. Speed of RDRAM is calculated differently from DDR-RAM.

Oh man, why would you buy this thing?

[TCTopQuality]

i thought RDRAM was good. If its speed is calculated differently and if its faster than DDR, whats the problem with RDRAM

[Urban Ranger]

It's good for some things, such as streaming video compression. IIRC, it's not as good for general applications.

[asleepathewheel]

RDRAM Too expensive.

I would try www.pricewatch.com for modules

You do know you have to buy them a pair at a time, right?

I upgraded my Dell 8100 to 784 (or whatever) mb, and runs a lot better, wish I could afford to get two 512 sticks.

My current issue with my dell is the damned powersupply. Mine burned out last week and have been waiting for a new one to arrive. Dell uses 250 watt supplies (they claim it rates higher) and the added stress of an upgraded video card, ram, and finally a new harddrive apparently popped it. and dell uses an oddball psu, at least in the 8100, more expensive to order from a dealer online.

[Spaced Cowboy]

Here's a lesson for all of you. Build your own PCs. It is not that hard to do, and you'll end up with an upgradable machine in the end.

[H Tower]

Originally posted by Spaced Cowboy
Here's a lesson for all of you. Build your own PCs. It is not that hard to do, and you'll end up with an upgradable machine in the end.

not everyone is so technically minded.

[Spaced Cowboy]

True H Tower, but everybody has one of those friends that would be more than glad to help. In the process you might learn something, like how to fix it when it acts up on you. Also there are just way too many on-line how to's on this subject.

I learned to hate the prebuilt PCs, from trying to upgrade them in the past. I'm on PC #7 and computer #11 (Geek!)

In the end it is simple really.

mobo
memory
processor /w heat/fan combo
Graphics card
Sound card (although most new mobos have this and lan built in)
power supply
HD
Floppy (what?)
CDRW
DVD (RW optional)
And a *****in' case to put it all in.

That being said, I'll be building a new one soon. And I do have one of those buddies. He has to build a top-o-the-line PC every year, but hardly uses it.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by H Tower


not everyone is so technically minded.

It's really dirt simple. That's why places like Dell, etc., don't pay people much to do it, or hire people with brains.

The difference is you can get exactly what you want, for the best price.

[Spaced Cowboy]

Exactly, thanks MTG

[Cookie Monster]

I've promised myself the next time it's time to buy a new rig I'll just update my current one. I know it can't be that hard.

[Urban Ranger]

Depends on whether your mobo can support the existing batch of CPUs or not, though.

[Rasbelin]

I'm a DIY person and haven't had anything OEM built for ages (except for my laptop PC, which is quite reasonable). And yes, it's not that hard, but you do need to know all the basics about hardware and be cautious, as it's your responsibility to get it working; not the component manufacturers'.

[DrSpike]

I've had 512MB for a long time now............next upgrade I'll get more. Up to a point extra RAM makes a large difference for relatively painless additional spending.

But I guess that might not be the case for the super-expensive RDRAM.