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<blockquote data-quote="Rl'Halsinor" data-source="post: 4658330" data-attributes="member: 19772"><p>I really do appreciate everyone responding. I've learned some new things and that is always good. Perhaps my system specs might lend you guys to give me a more definitive answer. I am in no way challenging what you wrote but what I am looking for is, in your opinion, either a yes or no; like, "Yes, after reading your system specs it would probably be a good idea to get another 2 gigs," or "No, it would be a waste."</p><p></p><p><u>System Specs for my Socket 939</u> </p><p></p><p>EPoX 9NPA+ Ultra nForce 4 motherboard - I did a lot of research before buying and it is one of the stablest boards I have ever worked on. It has the latest and last BIOS ever made for this board.</p><p></p><p>Memory - This is in a 2x1 gig configuration: <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227210" target="_blank">Newegg.com - OCZ Platinum 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory</a></p><p></p><p>OS - XP Pro w/SP 2</p><p></p><p>CPU - Athlon 64 dual core 3800+ Manchester @ 2.0 GHZ</p><p></p><p>Video Card - Nvidia 9600GT 512MB/256bit/GDDR3 PCI-E 2.0</p><p></p><p>HD - Seagate SATA 7200 8mb cache </p><p></p><p> As much as I would love to build a new system this one is going to have to do me for a long time. I have seriously thought about Vista 64-bit but Windows 7 is less than a year away.</p><p></p><p> Also, I belong to a tech forum that deals with helping people who have BSODs, hardware, and software issues, etc. I have noticed a good number of people who come there who experience issues when there is 4 gigs of RAM and XP and a number have the 2x2GB configuration. Often they find stability when they just run with 2 gigs. If I decide to go with another 2 gigs what should I do to prevent instability?</p><p></p><p> One other question. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> I know that XP with 4 gigs will take a good bit of the memory and apply it to the video card. Is this "wasted" or actually put to good use? </p><p></p><p>Thanks for reading this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rl'Halsinor, post: 4658330, member: 19772"] I really do appreciate everyone responding. I've learned some new things and that is always good. Perhaps my system specs might lend you guys to give me a more definitive answer. I am in no way challenging what you wrote but what I am looking for is, in your opinion, either a yes or no; like, "Yes, after reading your system specs it would probably be a good idea to get another 2 gigs," or "No, it would be a waste." [U]System Specs for my Socket 939[/U] EPoX 9NPA+ Ultra nForce 4 motherboard - I did a lot of research before buying and it is one of the stablest boards I have ever worked on. It has the latest and last BIOS ever made for this board. Memory - This is in a 2x1 gig configuration: [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227210]Newegg.com - OCZ Platinum 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory[/url] OS - XP Pro w/SP 2 CPU - Athlon 64 dual core 3800+ Manchester @ 2.0 GHZ Video Card - Nvidia 9600GT 512MB/256bit/GDDR3 PCI-E 2.0 HD - Seagate SATA 7200 8mb cache As much as I would love to build a new system this one is going to have to do me for a long time. I have seriously thought about Vista 64-bit but Windows 7 is less than a year away. Also, I belong to a tech forum that deals with helping people who have BSODs, hardware, and software issues, etc. I have noticed a good number of people who come there who experience issues when there is 4 gigs of RAM and XP and a number have the 2x2GB configuration. Often they find stability when they just run with 2 gigs. If I decide to go with another 2 gigs what should I do to prevent instability? One other question. :D I know that XP with 4 gigs will take a good bit of the memory and apply it to the video card. Is this "wasted" or actually put to good use? Thanks for reading this. [/QUOTE]
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