Geforce 9800 GT

[lassie]

Thas is a good Corsair PSU, low ripple and 52amps on the 12v rail, that PSU can run any single GPU card on the market (I would bet even most SLI/Crossfire setups).

So you got a good solid PSU so go for it

That is good to know The person i bought it from, seems like a man there will not save money on cheaper stuff. So i think it is true that he bought the best he could get at the time

Do you know how i can see how much RAM it can take maximum?

[lassie]

Well since you have a socket AM2 CPU you most likly have the 6xx chipset and then depending on motherboard manufacturer and model (printed in white text on the middelish part of the mobo PCB) you will guaranteed have support for 8GB but odds are you can have 16GBs of RAM (if you only plan to game 8GB will be enough in dual channel, 4x 2GB sticks)

Tell me what motherboard you have, cant you find it on the motherboard download and run CPU-Z and it will tell you under the motherboard tab

Hi again it is

M4A77 ASUS Motherboard

[lassie]

Even better, congratulations you got a 770 chipset board, you can use 16GB ram and the best part is that you can use Phenom 2 CPUs!

The board do not have the best voltage regulators so I would stay away from overclocking past 4GHz, but if you feel like it you can boost the machine with a Phenom II x6 1090T in the future

You did a good deal, and you can without trouble expand the machine to be future proof

That is good to hear it is a very good looking machine, i could see that it was build with good stuff when i saw it with blue led on the side and front, and dvd burner etc, i got wireless keyboard and mouse and fujitsu flatscreen with it. and it cost 300 Dollars, is it a fair price? i know it is not new but still.

[lassie]

For a complete system that is a fair price indeed
I myself do not like LED fans and such, i prefeer low noise fans like FD and Noctuna and  cases with good space for water cooling and alot of space to work with but that's my taste

I am happy for you, hope it works great and you can decide what GFX card you want

Hi
I have had a look at DDR2 RAM to get 8 GB RAM with 1024 mhz will be around 200 Dollars and 16 GB RAM is around 500 Dollars. Can it be true that they cost so most?

[lassie]

NO NO NO, take a look at komplett.dk, there you can buy 4x 2GB sticks for 800DK
http://www.komplett.dk/k/ki.aspx?sku=451110

Also 4x4GB DDR2 for 1600 DK
http://www.komplett.dk/k/ki.aspx?sku=346195

I do not know where you are looking for parts but you need to know the good stores
Komplett is a good store and is avaliable in Sweden, Norway and denmark

DDR2 is getting old so prices are going up.

Second hand market is a lot cheeper.

Many thanks i looked at Ebay Uk for the RAM.

[lassie]

NO NO NO, take a look at komplett.dk, there you can buy 4x 2GB sticks for 800DK
http://www.komplett.dk/k/ki.aspx?sku=451110

Also 4x4GB DDR2 for 1600 DK
http://www.komplett.dk/k/ki.aspx?sku=346195

I do not know where you are looking for parts but you need to know the good stores
Komplett is a good store and is avaliable in Sweden, Norway and denmark

DDR2 is getting old so prices are going up.

Second hand market is a lot cheeper.

Do you know if it will work if i buy 4 GB RAM and put it in with the 4 GB that i have? I know that there are different versions of RAM

[lassie]

What cofig of ram do you have now? 2x 2GB sticks? If so buy 2x 2GB sticks and it should work You are not in need of more then 8GB ram anyways

How do i see what cofig the RAM has, i have tried under System but cannot find it

[lassie]

@Lassie

Do you have any pics of the PC?

Would love to see what it looks

Hi here it is

[lassie]

You know you have a total of 4GB ram, open the case and look at the ram sticks. do you have two or four sticks in it

Yes of course there is 4x 1 RAM

[lassie]

4x 1GB in now, you can remove 2x of them and replace with 2x2GB sticks and get 6GB ram as long as same size are in the same channel

Now i have had time to use it, i must admit it is quite a fast machine

[lassie]

Hi guys i have a new laptop, and yesterday i upgraded to Windows 8, but now my internet on it is so slow on Windows 8, it was 4 times faster on Windows 7. Any thoughts what it can be?

[lassie]

Whar web browser do you use? If IE then "internet options" -> "Connections" -> "LAN Settings" -> uncheck Automaticly detect settings and see if the response time gets better.

Many thanks mate, i will do that. I dont know what to say about Windows 8 something are good, and something are bad.
And my laptop has frozen 4 times since it got installed, where i have to take out the battery, and put it back in, before it works again.

[lassie]

Whar web browser do you use? If IE then "internet options" -> "Connections" -> "LAN Settings" -> uncheck Automaticly detect settings and see if the response time gets better.

I use wireless connection.

[lassie]

Same setting applies.

Thanks
Have you used or have Windows 8? If so what do you think about it?

[lassie]

W8 was not my taste at all, I do not like the path Windows is going, but it is usable if you install classic shell http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/, then atleast you get a start menu and classic explorer.

Some like W8 some don't, I'm not a fan of the route, neither am I a fan of the Unity shell interface used in ubuntu nowdays but at least I got the option to switch to whatever I want in linux.

I got Windows 8 a couple of weeks ago, and somethings are good and somethings are bad, it gets better each day, but i will not upgrade my others PC with Windows 8 for now I am happy with them having Windows 98 ( good to have to play old games ) and XP and Windows 7.

[lassie]

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