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Bulgaria105 Posts
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phagga
Switzerland2194 Posts
Now, the RAM I'm using is Corsair Vengeance 8GB 2-Kit XMP DDR3 1600MHz CL8. However, there is no 2-Kit 16 GByte version in the Corsair Vengeance series with those timings, only with CL9. I also could not find any other brand offering CL8-timings on this RAM size. According to the manual, that should not be a problem as long as I put the RAM in correctly. Gigabyte Manual wrote: When enabling Dual Channel mode with two or four memory modules, it is recommended that memory of the same capacity, brand, speed and chips be used and installed in the same colored DDR3 sockets. However, I'm just worried that this might have some wonkey impact on the system performance. Could this be an issue? | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20342 Posts
It's allocated like this: 4GB + 8GB remaining 2GB + 6GB remaining (written 2GB to each module) 0GB + 4GB remaining (that entire 4GB has to be used in single channel) It might be better to just sell your current RAM and get 4x8GB, though you could buy a 16GB kit, try to mix and match timings/frequencies etc (even if it's 1600cl8, most of the secondary and the other timings will be different) and then take 8GB of that 24GB being in single channel | ||
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phagga
Switzerland2194 Posts
On March 24 2015 23:29 Cyro wrote: If you run 4+8GB with 4+8GB, then 1/3'rd of your memory has to run in single channel mode: It's allocated like this: 4GB + 8GB remaining 2GB + 6GB remaining (written 2GB to each module) 0GB + 4GB remaining (that entire 4GB has to be used in single channel) It might be better to just sell your current RAM and get 4x8GB, though you could buy a 16GB kit, try to mix and match timings/frequencies etc (even if it's 1600cl8, most of the secondary and the other timings will be different) and then take 8GB of that 24GB being in single channel Thanks for your reply. Does that mean that the 8 GB only come into play when the 16 GB in dual channel are used up? Basically, I want the machine to perform the best for games, but for that I obviously don't need that much RAM. However, when I'm using virtualization, the performance is not that critical. So as long as the single channel RAM is only in use when I'm using virtualization, I won't care. I'm asking because I fear that 16 GB might not be enough, and 32 GB is quite expensive. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20342 Posts
Done a bit of googling and if you have 4GB + 8GB paired with 4GB + 8GB you might actually be able to run dual channel on all of it. I'm not really sure, that scenario only comes up when adding memory amount that you didn't really plan for when buying the system some pics like this: ![[image loading]](http://www.avadirect.com/forum/uploads/3/art4-3.jpg) If so, then sorry for misinformation - but look it up or wait for someone else to reply :0 | ||
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phagga
Switzerland2194 Posts
On March 25 2015 00:48 Cyro wrote: Yes, but due to automatic memory management, the slower RAM might be used when you're actively using less than 16GB. Default behavior will have OS and programs caching stuff that they might want to use, or stuff that has been used in the past, so you might have 20GB of stuff in your memory when you only have 5GB worth of programs open. I'm not really sure how it acts with imbalanced memory channels. Done a bit of googling and if you have 4GB + 8GB paired with 4GB + 8GB you might actually be able to run dual channel on all of it. I'm not really sure, that scenario only comes up when adding memory amount that you didn't really plan for when buying the system some pics like this: If so, then sorry for misinformation - but look it up or wait for someone else to reply :0 I think the manual of the mainboard said the same as you - that if you actually inserted the memory in the correct slots, it should work (see the quote in my first post). But I was not sure if I understood the manual correctly. I have four slots exactly as in your picture, and the manual claims that if I use the same-capacity modules in the same-coloured slots, it should work (e.g. both 4 GB modules in the blue slots, both 8 GB modules in the black slots). Yeah, when I was building the system 2 years ago I never thought I would have to get so much RAM. I'll start googling around a bit more and see what I can find. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20342 Posts
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Dunmer
United Kingdom568 Posts
So basically my pc was in transit and when I turned it on I was getting 8 fps in SC2 on medium settings. With my i5 - 2500k I knew something was up. I opened up the case and two of the click in bolts were completely loose and out of the sockets, I checked the cpu temperatures and as shown above my processor is reaching crazy temperatures when I only have Firefox open. I was thinking I can just reapply the thermal paste and be good to go, would this work or does anyone have any advice on the matter? | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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Dunmer
United Kingdom568 Posts
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neobowman
Canada3324 Posts
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Craton
United States17302 Posts
I'd also recommend something at 1080p resolution - the 1366x768 are simply awful to code on because of the lack of screen space (for comparison I get ~40 lines of code visible on a 1680x1050 vs ~23 on a 1366x768). On a 1440p+ I end up upping the font anyway, so 1080p is basically the sweet spot in terms of cost and usability. You can always get a monitor to hook up to at home later on, but for when you're out you really want something pleasant to use. The only laptops I've used recently are the Dell XPS 12 (2-in-1) which ran me about $850 used (my only gripe so far is the lack of multi-touch on the touchpad, but I use the touchscreen a lot) and the HP Revolve 810. The latter is 768p (I use it at work) and IMO not very good value. Battery life on the XPS12 is ~8-10 hours and the Revolve (the i7 256GB model) is ~5-6 hours. I think these are both a bit outside of your budget even used, though. The Lenovo Flex is a pretty popular series - a few colleagues have recommended them. I'd avoid the Acer Aspire line (at least the R7s) due to some known issues with the keyboard. In any event, I'd be on the look out for getting some of the better laptop brands as "used" from places like Amazon Warehouse Deals - they're frequently half the price of a new one. At least in my case the one I got looks brand new. That's mostly all the knowledge I have on the subject of laptops. | ||
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neobowman
Canada3324 Posts
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00Zarathustra
Bolivia419 Posts
I own an H61H2-M3 (V1.0) MoBo. I was using 4gb of Ram But only 3318 could be used. That was an issue so I decided to buy another 4gb Ram. Now I have 8 Gb of Ram but I still have 3318 of available RAM. I tried to change this from msconfig but it always go back to 3318. How can I fix this? I have windows 7 32 bits. | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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00Zarathustra
Bolivia419 Posts
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Karis Vas Ryaar
United States4396 Posts
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
1920x1080 is a television standard and it's become the standard for PCs as well since it's cheaper and easier for manufacturers to make panels for one resolution. | ||
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Karis Vas Ryaar
United States4396 Posts
On March 29 2015 08:39 skyR wrote: 1920x1200 is meant for desktop usage (basically, the extra pixels account for the taskbar) so the extra 120 vertical pixels over 1920x1080 is quite noticeable if you are frequently dealing with webpages, documents, etc. This is why you see it on the 24" IPS monitors aimed at professionals. 1920x1080 is a television standard and it's become the standard for PCs as well since it's cheaper and easier for manufacturers to make panels for one resolution. okay thanks, that makes sense. | ||
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Craton
United States17302 Posts
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