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Old October 27, 2012, 12:13 AM
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I am looking for 8GB of ram for my machine, and have found this:

I could buy two of each of these seeing as no one makes 4*2gb packs.

Corsair 4gb pack
Buy the Corsair 4096MB PC5400 DDR2 Memory at TigerDirect.ca

Silicon Power 4gb pack
Newegg.ca - Silicon Power 4GB &#40;2 x 2GB&#41; 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 &#40;PC2 6400&#41; Desktop Memory Model SP004GBLRU800S22

I am not too picky on brand just not mushkin as I bought a 4gb kit from them for my mac book and one stick was doa.

Also if you can suggest something better/cheaper great.
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Old October 27, 2012, 11:55 AM
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WHAT, DDR2? do you have a specific reason to use DDR2 memory? DDR3 much better ,i can't recommend these :/ if you want the best ram, Corsair vengeance ram, and for good ram but cheaper, Gskill ram.The ram that you are showing is extremely slow

check that, 8gb for cheaper

GSkill RipJawsX 8Go DDR3 1600Mhz C9 - Achat / Vente MÉMOIRE PC - PORTABLE GSkill RipJawsX 8Go DDR3 1600M - Cdiscount.com,
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Old October 27, 2012, 11:59 AM
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My board doesn't support DDR3 :(

Also remember I am not using my computer for gaming or overclocking or anything, it is simply a video/audio/web surfing machine.
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Old October 27, 2012, 12:13 PM
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ok,so between these i recommend the corsair.Just for the quality.

by the way for web/surfing or even 1080p vids you won't even use 2 gb of ram so you don't need to buy some your computer will be 0% faster
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Old October 27, 2012, 12:39 PM
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I also do the odd DVD rip and such, it's not strictly a MCPC, but it's mostly used for that, might just go get 4 different sticks of 4*1gb instead, these GEIL stick I have are too big and stressing the ram slots pretty bad.
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Old October 27, 2012, 12:47 PM
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I also do the odd DVD rip and such, it's not strictly a MCPC, but it's mostly used for that, might just go get 4 different sticks of 4*1gb instead, these GEIL stick I have are too big and stressing the ram slots pretty bad.
You never mentioned what OS your running.
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Old October 27, 2012, 12:49 PM
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Win 7 Ultimate
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Old October 27, 2012, 12:52 PM
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8gb is still going to be WAY overkill for you. 4 is fine for what you do.. Most of what you do is CPU intense not ram
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Old October 27, 2012, 12:55 PM
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I multi task a lot as well lol
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Old October 27, 2012, 01:00 PM
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I multi task a lot as well lol
Still not going to need 8. Multitasking? Like what? Messenger, Browsing, Music?
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