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[NullZero]

iirc, your motherboard bios will automatically set all your RAM timings to the same timings, and the chain is only as strong as the weakest link

therefore if you have a stick with 5-5-5-12, and another stick in with 4-4-4-12, it will set both at 5-5-5-12

There shouldn't be any loss of speed because you have a 32-bit OS installed, although, you probably know already that not all of the 4GB RAM will be used (reserved for shared RAM etc.)

[Varmint260]

I have 4GB of RAM installed on Vista Home Premium 32-bit, and besides that I only have about 3.2GB available, I have no complaints on the performance.

[NullZero]

I have 3070 MB (under 3GB?) usable, though I have 6GB RAM installed (for when W7 64-bit comes out)

[Cortexian]

What's the V10 going to do for me that the V8 won't?

Badassery.

It's a word, I made it just now.

BUT LOOK AT IT!

[Kalub]

Actually, I've been using that word for some time. I'll see you in court, in all truthiness.


e: holy fuck that thing is a monster!

[Xetsuei]

Badassery.

It's a word, I made it just now.

BUT LOOK AT IT!

Good lord that thing is fucking huge.

I want one.

[Terin]

Badassery.

It's a word, I made it just now.

BUT LOOK AT IT!

HUGE AIRFLOW FOR MANLY MEN

I'm fine with my little $200 computer that I scrapped together. Aren't I cool? Right guys?

Right?

:(

[AAA]

V10 is still out of the question for me, it's twice the price of V8 and all I want is 3.6GHz or 4GHz. V10 is utterly rediculous and unnecessary for my situation.

[Cortexian]

What would you all suggest for a hard drive configuration when Windows 7 comes out? I'm planning on getting some kind of RAID 0 going for increased performance, but I also want some RAID 1 data protection... I have the space for a maximum of eight 3.5 inch hard drives at the moment.

My current setup:
1 x ST3500630AS 500GB 7200 RPM w/Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit & Programs. (Direct MoBO connection)
1 x ST3500630AS 500GB 7200 RPM w/Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit & Programs. (Direct MoBO connection)
2 x WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM - RAID 1 mirroring, storing all my media, documents, web files, downloads, etc... (Connected to PCI RAID card)

I was thinking of adding two WD3000HLFS 300GB 10000 RPM's in RAID 0 to the mix when Windows 7 is officially released. One will be just for the Operating System, the other will serve for all my Program Files. I'll move the two ST3500630AS 500GB 7200 RPM's into a RAID 1 mirror and store all my files except video on them. The two WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM's will remain in RAID 1 and store all my video media.

Does that sound like a decent plan to improve performance while maintaining and increasing storage space?

[Xetsuei]

Does that sound like a decent plan to improve performance while maintaining and increasing storage space?

Not sure how you could do it better, so yes.