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Postby PanzerFaust » Sun Mar 04, 2007 9:14 am

I want to increase my computer's performance, so I've decided to buy a gig of RAM. I found this at newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820145440
and it appears to be compatible with the rest of my computer. Any thoughts? My main hope was to be able to run Oblivion and SupCom better than I can now.

One trend I noticed by glancing at the reviews was that a lot of the low ones were a couple years old. Other than those, there was an overwhelming number of positive reviews.
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Postby BigBossMonkey » Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:22 am

It'll work... I'd say having 1 stick of 1GB and 2 sticks of 512 isn't a great idea, but I'm doing that... And I don't want to be a hypocrite
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Postby demonseed » Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:50 am

Panzer...it just so happens that I bought 2-1 GHz (2 GHz total), PC3200 DDR 400 about 2 months ago but was incompatable with my PC I was building...I didn't notice they weren't DDR2's. Anyway, I'll sell them to you for $80.00 + S/H if you want? They are brand new, bought directly from Tiger Direct a week after Christmas, never out of the package. Otherwise they are gonna rot sitting over here on my desk.

For that matter, the same goes for anyone else who wants them after Panzer responds first, he's got dibs. I'll charge the same via money order and I'll mail them out the same day I get the money order. Any takers can PM me if you don't want to respond here.
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Postby BigBossMonkey » Sun Mar 04, 2007 11:05 am

Demon actually brings up a good point, make sure you're going to buy the right RAM... :-\
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Postby cApNhOwDy » Sun Mar 04, 2007 3:44 pm

Even cheaper RAM. Slower timings, but the reviews say that it's pretty reliable.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820141198
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Postby PanzerFaust » Sun Mar 04, 2007 4:43 pm

Wow, demon, I'm not sure what to say. Sounds like a pretty good deal, how would that work exactly, just have me mail the check and you mail the RAM? I'd be leery of doing it in any other forum (with good reason), but this is the Enforcers after all.

I'm about 99% sure that PC 3200 DDR 400 is compatable with my machine. Sounds like a very nice deal, I'd get an extra gig of ram for 5 dollars more than what I was looking at (shipping and handling will probably be about 5 dollars either way.)

I'll have to think about it a bit before I decide, but I'm leaning toward yes

Btw Monkey, I've actually already got 2 sticks of 512 in my comp, rather than 1 gig. I just happen to have 2 extra slots.

Edit: oh, missed that you said money order, err, what does that mean, exactly? Also, after about 5 minutes deliberation, I've decided yeah, I will take you up on it. 2 gigs of RAM for 80 bucks sounds very nice.
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Postby BigBossMonkey » Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:21 pm

2 1gb sticks > 4 512 sticks


It just performs better.
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Postby demonseed » Mon Mar 05, 2007 8:29 am

Yeah, I'd be leery too, especially with all the jackasses online today...

A money order is bought at post offices, you pay them the cash plus a few extra for the transaction and it's a guarenteed check. Basically, it won't bounce which makes it secure and reliable for the other party. I'll send you a PM with the particulars and to answer any other questions you might have.
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Postby BigBossMonkey » Mon Mar 05, 2007 2:19 pm

Demon is teh bad guy on teh internetz... :-\
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Postby demonseed » Mon Mar 05, 2007 3:49 pm

I go to work, come home and see you post nasty rumors about me monkey? You'll get yours monkey...you'll get yours!!! :wink:

You earned yourself an official TK when I run into you in any online game!! 8)

Here is a link to the RAM I'm talking about...it's the Ultra DDR, Dual Channel (2048MB) PC3200, 400 MHz....(should be item number 1)

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... atId=1352&
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