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On February 24 2012 05:34 Wabbit wrote:
Do you have DDR2 or DDR3? What's your mobo?
If you have 4GB RAM you hopefully have it in a (2 sticks) 2x2GB configuration. If you find yourself getting close to the limit with your typical PC usage then sure, buy another 2x2GB Kit with the same specs - assuming you have a 64-bit operating system.
EDIT: Or you could also get 2x4GB as you linked, but 2x2GB would be cheaper if you already have 2x2GB, unless your mobo only has 2 slots.
And I recommend low-profile RAM because you'll probably be keeping it for quite a while and if you ever install any aftermarket cooling, the tall heatspreaders get in the way. They're useless anyway.
And don't pay more than $5 more for DDR3-1600 over 1333, the performance gains are very small (sometimes not even existent in many games), and above that even less.
It doesn't have to be the same specs. As long as the two sticks in each channel are the same size, you can utilize dual channel memory. For example, you can have 2x1gig in the first channel and 2x2gig in the second channel and the memory contoller can still operate in dual channel mode. The stickes don't even need to be the same speed, the memory controller will just run them at the speed of the slowest Dimm .
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On February 24 2012 06:10 TheToast wrote:
It doesn't have to be the same specs. As long as the two sticks in each channel are the same size, you can utilize dual channel memory. For example, you can have 2x1gig in the first channel and 2x2gig in the second channel and the memory contoller can still operate in dual channel mode. The stickes don't even need to be the same speed, the memory controller will just run them at the speed of the slowest Dimm .
I got carried away, thanks for calling it out.
The biggest reason I wouldn't get 2x1GB though is because it feels almost pointless to only add 2 more GB of RAM when 4GB costs so little, and if you fill up all the slots you may end up tossing the 1GB sticks anyway if you find yourself wanting more RAM again in a year or two. Yeah people typically hardly ever exceed 4GB, but it does happen (I do it), and it does make more sense I think.
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Hello, i'm working at my diploma thesis atm, and it happens that i have like 11 different scientific papers open at a time. Now i was wondering if there exists any software that "saves" your current desktop setting. With all the same Firefox tabs open, the same -pdf and -doc files open.
I always find it very hard to get "into my workflow" when i leave, sleep. Or when i want to relax and just wanna watch TL, and GSL, i dont wanna see this crap anymore. When i want to continue work I have to look up which pdfs were important etc etc, which costs a LOT of time and energy.
I would be really gratefull if somebody could help me with this matter. I know its not really "Tech" support, but i didnt want to open an extra threat for it.
Edit: Im working on Win7 btw.
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I dunno about firefox but Chrome remembers what you closed out last.
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On February 24 2012 16:31 Medrea wrote:
I dunno about firefox but Chrome remembers what you closed out last.
In firefox theres an option too the reactivate the last session. But its more about my .pdfs, and .docs. And the general setting for my work. When im watching GSL Teamliquid etc. I also use firefox, afterwards i cannot "reactivate my last session" because its TL.net and gomtv.net etc.
I'd like to have a software that can save my current programs, and reopen them when i desire. So i can switch of the pc, or watch GSL without having those fukkin workpapers in the background. And when I'm done i can just "load" my "Work setting" and resume with exact the same settings i left my "work".
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Pretty sure switch users allows you to do that.
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On February 24 2012 16:50 skyR wrote:
Pretty sure switch users allows you to do that.
But when i shut down my pc it's gone nevertheless no?
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Yes that would be the case, you would have to use hibernate instead of shutting down if you want to maintain the state of the desktop.
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On February 24 2012 17:02 skyR wrote:
Yes that would be the case, you would have to use hibernate instead of shutting down if you want to maintain the state of the desktop.
okay, thats the best idea until now  IÄll create another user until i have a better option.
I can remember that my brother had a few years ago some version of windows XP, where when you turned on the pc, it automatically restored the "old session". So technically it should be doable, no? Where the sofware for it? I'd even pay for it, since this manually restoring the previous session is annoying as hell.
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It's probably hibernate but maybe you should ask him about it.
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On February 24 2012 17:10 skyR wrote:
It's probably hibernate but maybe you should ask him about it.
I used to be in a similar situation as him when working on term papers, and I found setting Windows to hypernate hibernate worked adequately.
I did a quick search of source forge and didn't come up with anything more promising, so he's probably stuck using this.
edit: spelling (though hypernate sounds like more fun, it is unfortunately not a real thing...)
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So the android TeamLiquid app won't let me login. Does anybody know why?
edit: seems like it just doesn't work for anyone.
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While running prime95 can you do other stuff in the background? For example, watching a stream, or browsing TL...
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On February 29 2012 00:45 Josh_rakoons wrote:
While running prime95 can you do other stuff in the background? For example, watching a stream, or browsing TL...
Yes. It runs fairly low priority by default, letting other stuff, particularly not CPU intensive stuff, run fine. However, it has minor conflicts with other stresses and benchmarks sometimes, so if you want to run it with say, a loop of 3dmark test, you should lower the P95 thread count by 1 first.
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kk, jingle, you've been very helpful recently, appreciate it.
Another question i got is for increasing the CPU voltage, do i change the QPI or what? I've changed the QPI to 1.24V @ 4.5ghz..
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On February 29 2012 00:53 Josh_rakoons wrote:
kk, jingle, you've been very helpful recently, appreciate it.
Another question i got is for increasing the CPU voltage, do i change the QPI or what? I've changed the QPI to 1.24V @ 4.5ghz..
Uhhh, well, in my BIOS it's Vcore you'd want. Things get labeled differently by different people, but QPI is for the CPU to talk to the chipset, not the CPU voltage itself, unless someone does something screwy. QPI can help stabilize memory OCs and sometimes (very high) CPU OCs, but I can't imagine you should need to muck around with it.
Mind you, mine is bloomfield, not SB, so it may be different.
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I hope you mean your vcore at 1.24v because incerasing QPI from ~1.05v to 1.24v is stupid and dangerous.
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On February 29 2012 01:29 skyR wrote:
I hope you mean your vcore at 1.24v because incerasing QPI from ~1.05v to 1.24v is stupid and dangerous.
There was no vcore there.
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On February 29 2012 01:29 skyR wrote:
I hope you mean your vcore at 1.24v because incerasing QPI from ~1.05v to 1.24v is stupid and dangerous.
This also applies to messing with ANY voltage without knowing what you're doing or trying to do.
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Every board has a vcore option (except maybe the lowest end budget boards).
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