How much RAM are you using, 2005.

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How much RAM are you using, '05

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It would seem that because many have upgraded since 03, when the other similarly titled thread began, this might be interesting for comparison.
 
Systemax 3.2G

I have a P4 3.2 800Mhz bus with 1 gig of PC400 DDR ram. It's a beast!
 
P-4, 3ghz, 1g ram. About 1 year old system, still works fine.
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P4 3 ghz, 1024mb 400 mhz
 
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dual 2gig Powermac G5 with 1 gig of ram, 512 per processor
 
AMD Athlon XP (Barton) 2.1GHz (OC'd from 1.8GHz) with 1GB Corsair 3200 DDR

Though the Ram will stay the same or up to 2GB I plan to upgrade my processor to a AMD Athlon 64 2.0GHz
 
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Though the Ram will stay the same or up to 2GB I plan to upgrade my processor to a AMD Athlon 64 2.0GHz
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As out of context as it is, how difficult is it to change out a processor?

Could I easily and subsantially improve from my current 2.19 athalon?
 
I am still only using 512, but I am going to put another 512 in eventually. I don't need 4GB because I don't record on my pc, and right now with my track counts (and the fact that I don't use a buttload of plugins), it seems to be enough. I suppose as I get more into what my software can do (and eventually get ntrack), I will use more. But maybe not...
 
cellardweller said:
As out of context as it is, how difficult is it to change out a processor?

Could I easily and subsantially improve from my current 2.19 athalon?
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The difficulty of changing out a processor depends on what case it is in.
If it's in a small case it could be rather difficult and annoying, if it's in a large roomy case it's still got it's annoyances but it'll be a little nicer. If it's on a tray that slides out that's just magical.

Other than the case annoyances my only problem with changing out a processor is attaching the heatsink and the fear of applying too much pressure and cracking a pin or the dye.

And going from an Athlon 2.19 what to a what?
You can substantially improve from 2.19 if it's a regular Athlon by leaps, if it's an Athlon XP depending on the core if you jump to a Athlon 64 or Athlon XP 64 yes- but take in consideration that leap might require the purchase and install of a new Motherboard (which is what I'm doing...and it'll make the processor install easier for me since it'll be new processor on a new board outside of the case)

If you've never installed anything inside of your case I wouldn't recommend you do the processor/heatsink install as your first PC hardware change-out.
 
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If you've never installed anything inside of your case I wouldn't recommend you do the processor/heatsink install as your first PC hardware change-out.
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I've installed ram, and a second HD, even though a year after the fact I finally mounted it properly!

I have only this nodding acquaintance with the guts of computers...
 
Using the same AthlonXP 2000+ with 512MB DDR333 RAM as I was in 03.. Planning to upgrade in the next month or so to an Athlon64 3200+ and probably 1024MB DDR400.

CellarDwellar: You would have to read up on what processor speeds your motherboard supports. I think you should be able to move between any processor in the Athlon family that uses the same socket type. Athlon XP uses socket A, Athlon64 uses 939 (well most of them). It's not all that tricky to change. Remove the old heatsink and cpu, put in the new one. If you by the cpu as a retail pack it comes with the nesessary heatsink and fan. Taking the motherboard out makes it easier to get to things.

If you want to move up to a different family of processors you will more than likely need to purchase a new motherboard.
 
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