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• Dehumanized Registered User regular

  May 2011 edited May 2011

  It looks like your motherboard is the Intel DP35DP, which supports the following memory:

  http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/dp35dp/sb/CS-026645.htm wrote:

  The board has four DIMM sockets and supports the following memory features:
  
  1.8 V (only) DDR2 SDRAM DIMMs with gold-plated contacts
  Unbuffered, single-sided or double-sided DIMMs with the following restriction: Double-sided DIMMs with x16 organization are not supported.
  8 GB maximum total system memory using DDR2 667 or DDR2 800 DIMMs
  Minimum total system memory: 512 MB
  Non-ECC DIMMs
  Serial Presence Detect
  DDR2 800 or DDR2 667 MHz SDRAM DIMMs
  DDR2 667 SIMMs with SPD timings of only 5-5-5 (tCL-tRCD-tRP)
  DDR2 800 SIMMs with SPD timings of only 5-5-5 or 6-6-6 (tCL-tRCD-tRP)

  
  Unfortunately, this means the RAM you linked wouldn't be supported. Something like this would work:
  
  G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ
  
  
  As far as the bonus questions go:
  1. 8GB is awesome, and not a bad idea at all. It won't make every game you play better, though. If a game isn't built to run in a 64-bit context, it will have a hard limit of about 2GB memory to use, so some games will not benefit.
  
  You would need to reformat and reinstall with a 64-bit version of Windows to use more than ~3.2GB of RAM, though. This is due to limitations of 32-bit operating systems.
  
  Tom's Hardware recently ran an article which touches on some of this stuff:
  http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ram-memory-upgrade,2778.html
  
  2. I wouldn't worry too much about specific brands, but it'd be good to purchase something that is well reviewed.

  Dehumanized on May 2011

  

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• Aldo Hippo Hooray Registered User regular

  May 2011 edited May 2011

  Thanks, Dehumanized. That'll give me something more to consider. x_x; All versions of Windows 7 are capable of employing >3.2GB, right?

  Aldo on May 2011

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• Synthesis Honda Today! Registered User regular

  May 2011 edited May 2011

  Aldo wrote: »

  Thanks, Dehumanized. That'll give me something more to consider. x_x; All versions of Windows 7 are capable of employing >3.2GB, right?

  
  I...don't think that's the case. I've heard conflicted reports, so I looked this up.

  Synthesis on May 2011

  Orca wrote: »

  Synthesis wrote:

  Isn't "Your sarcasm makes me wet," the highest compliment an Abh can pay a human?

  
  Only if said Abh is a member of the nobility.

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• Aldo Hippo Hooray Registered User regular

  May 2011 edited May 2011

  Synthesis wrote: »

  I...don't think that's the case. I've heard conflicted reports, so I looked this up.

  Ah, bugger. Thanks.

  Aldo on May 2011

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• Synthesis Honda Today! Registered User regular

  May 2011 edited May 2011

  Yeah, I was under the same impression too...since literally every version except both versions of Starter support, technically more than 3.2 GB.
  
  And I've never known anyone who bought 7 Starter who wasn't a major institution just looking to fill up computers.

  Synthesis on May 2011

  Orca wrote: »

  Synthesis wrote:

  Isn't "Your sarcasm makes me wet," the highest compliment an Abh can pay a human?

  
  Only if said Abh is a member of the nobility.

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• Dehumanized Registered User regular

  May 2011 edited May 2011

  Yeah, Starter is technically only supposed to be sold with Netbooks or whatever

  Dehumanized on May 2011

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