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#1 Beesters
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will bottleneck my cpu? I have a 2.4 AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core (2 cpu) 9500GT video card...I only have 2G of ram, and want 2 G more.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231122

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also my mobo is: Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. M2N-MX SE Plus Rev x.xx

I used Belarc Advisor to find out my mobo, I had no clue....anyway, what kind of Ram can I use, much help appreciated.

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it also states that I can only use unbuffered non ecc ddr2 dimms.....with that being said, what ram can I get, since I want to pull 4G of ram....im sorry guys, I just want to make sure I get the right product.

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#4 robert4561
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whats your OS?
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#6 Beesters
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running Vista 32bit

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bump

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#8 Orrendamente
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Vista 32bit will only see about 3.5gb of your RAM.
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#9 Beesters
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ohh, alright, thank you!

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#10 broken_bass_bin
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just to clarify, a 64 bit OS will let you use all 4GB.

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#11 -GeordiLaForge-
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running Vista 32bit

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It'll be worth the upgrade then. Vista uses a ton of RAM...
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#12 Beesters
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yeah I will get the 4G of ram, and have it run on 3.5 g, which is better than 2 :-) thanks for your help

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#13 -GeordiLaForge-
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yeah I will get the 4G of ram, and have it run on 3.5 g, which is better than 2 :-) thanks for your help

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No prob man, glad we could help :)