Hi guys,
I recently gain acces to "new" PC and decided to play some new games on it. The PC, however is certainly not up-to-date and therefore I'm forced to usualy lower my details and everything. To cut it short, I decided to tune it up a little, but I don't know where to begin and thought that maybe somebody here could give me a hand since I don't know much about it
(if I write this in wrong section of this forum please redirect me, thanks)
here are my specs:
- ASUS M3A78 PRO motherboard with integrated graphic card (lower)
- AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600+ 2,91 GHz
- 1,75 GB RAM
- ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics
I first thought that I would just try to boost RAM a bit, cause thats obviously the easiest way, and, I think, the cheapest as well. The problem is, that when I was browsing the internet to find out more about my motherboard (I was kinda shocked when I couldn't find my graphic card
) I came across this:
4 x DIMM, Max. 8 GB, DDR2 1066/800/667 ECC,Non-ECC,Un-buffered Memory
Dual Channel memory architecture
*Due to AMD CPU limitation, DDR2 1066 is supported by AM2+ CPU for one DIMM per channel only.
**Please refer to ASUS homepage or user manual for Memory QVL(Quality Vender List).
***When installing total memory of 4GB capacity or more, Windows® 32-bit operation system may only recognize less than 3GB. Hence, a total installed memory of less than 3GB is recommended.
Expansion Slots
does that mean that I shouldn't upgrade RAM ?
anyway, I would be thankful for every advice you can give, like what part should I upgrade, or even what type/model would you suggest for this.
thanks
I recently gain acces to "new" PC and decided to play some new games on it. The PC, however is certainly not up-to-date and therefore I'm forced to usualy lower my details and everything. To cut it short, I decided to tune it up a little, but I don't know where to begin and thought that maybe somebody here could give me a hand since I don't know much about it
(if I write this in wrong section of this forum please redirect me, thanks)
here are my specs:
- ASUS M3A78 PRO motherboard with integrated graphic card (lower)
- AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600+ 2,91 GHz
- 1,75 GB RAM
- ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics
I first thought that I would just try to boost RAM a bit, cause thats obviously the easiest way, and, I think, the cheapest as well. The problem is, that when I was browsing the internet to find out more about my motherboard (I was kinda shocked when I couldn't find my graphic card
) I came across this: 4 x DIMM, Max. 8 GB, DDR2 1066/800/667 ECC,Non-ECC,Un-buffered Memory
Dual Channel memory architecture
*Due to AMD CPU limitation, DDR2 1066 is supported by AM2+ CPU for one DIMM per channel only.
**Please refer to ASUS homepage or user manual for Memory QVL(Quality Vender List).
***When installing total memory of 4GB capacity or more, Windows® 32-bit operation system may only recognize less than 3GB. Hence, a total installed memory of less than 3GB is recommended.
Expansion Slots
does that mean that I shouldn't upgrade RAM ?
anyway, I would be thankful for every advice you can give, like what part should I upgrade, or even what type/model would you suggest for this.
thanks
