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#1 sn4k3_64
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Recently got my comp back as it had 2 be fixed due to my stupidity. Anyway, more to the point, the guy added new ram into my comp, its 1gb samsung dual-channel @2000mhz with the timings of 3-3-3-8. Is that decent? My computer did have a gig of ram before, but feels slightly quicker now.

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#2 jcohenx
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You will need to consult your motherboard manual and the specs for the memory to determine the optimum settings. If you only had 1 Gb of Ram before but now you have 2 Gb you were probably hitting your paging file pretty often before the upgrade and that's going to slow things down.

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#3 sn4k3_64
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Sorry, I mean to say he took out the ram and added in a new ram but its still 1gb. I was just wondering if the timings and what not might increase performance

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#4 sn4k3_64
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Oh and btw he only took out the ram cos there was a powersurge due to me being a dumb a$$

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#5 Ikavnieks
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So basically you paid him to buy you new RAM? If you didn't pay him then I retract. What were your old RAM timings with your old stick? it wouldnt make munch a difference if I'm honest.
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#6 sn4k3_64
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Yes thats cos i fried my old ram due to a power surge

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#7 ender2009
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Meh, no difference.

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#8 Alter_Echo
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You probably had a stick of lower frequency ram before that was forcing a funky divider. He likely upgraded you to something that runs 1:1 with your CPU which is more likely to cause a performance boost than a decrease in latency timers.

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#9 ender2009
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You probably had a stick of lower frequency ram before that was forcing a funky divider. He likely upgraded you to something that runs 1:1 with your CPU which is more likely to cause a performance boost than a decrease in latency timers.

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Faster RAM is always > 1:1. Nobody really cares about 1:1 anymore. That being said he DID most likely upgrade the frequency, so it will be faster.

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#10 sn4k3_64
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Cool thanks guys, was just wondering, could do with an extra gig though but its running fine.

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#11 Alter_Echo
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[QUOTE="Alter_Echo"]

You probably had a stick of lower frequency ram before that was forcing a funky divider. He likely upgraded you to something that runs 1:1 with your CPU which is more likely to cause a performance boost than a decrease in latency timers.

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Faster RAM is always > 1:1. Nobody really cares about 1:1 anymore. That being said he DID most likely upgrade the frequency, so it will be faster.

I never said 1:1 was faster than say 5:4 with higher throughput. 1:1 is just the most common place a tech will upgrade you to unless you ask for something specific.
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#12 ender2009
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[QUOTE="ender2009"]

[QUOTE="Alter_Echo"]

You probably had a stick of lower frequency ram before that was forcing a funky divider. He likely upgraded you to something that runs 1:1 with your CPU which is more likely to cause a performance boost than a decrease in latency timers.

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Faster RAM is always > 1:1. Nobody really cares about 1:1 anymore. That being said he DID most likely upgrade the frequency, so it will be faster.

I never said 1:1 was faster than say 5:4 with higher throughput. 1:1 is just the most common place a tech will upgrade you to unless you ask for something specific.

Oh okay, gotcha.