New PC! xD

[ninja]

Just ordered a new PC today. Should have everything in a few weeks:

Spec's:

Intel Quad Core 2.4 GHZ (8mb L2 Cache, 1066 FSB)
3GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRam (800 MHZ)
256MB Radeon ATI HD 2600 XT
320GB SATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM with 16 mb Databurst Cache)
Windows Vista Home Premium Edition

It's quite the upgrade from the current PC im using:

AMD 1.8 GHZ Athlon
512 MB SDRam (333 MHZ)
128 MB ATI 9550 SE (AGP 8x)
80 GB ATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM, 8 MB Cache)
Windows XP Pro


Hoping this will leave me able to play a lot of the current games and also finally be able to do some digital video editing. I will eventually be upgrading to a more beefy video card.....

[Ex-Cyber]

3GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRam (800 MHZ)

Please explain.

[bizzle]

Windows Vista Home Premium Edition

Please explain.

[ninja]

3GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRam (800 MHZ)

Please explain.

It's a pre-built machine that im picking up for cheap. Since it's pre-built, I dont have much of a say in terms of the type of memory in it, nor the operating system. I figure from what I had previously used (as seen above), this will be quite the upgrade.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/produc ... fault.mspx

[Nick]

I think what he means is that the RAM can't be dual channel at 3 GB, because they won't be a matched pair if there are only two sticks; if there are three sticks, then it isn't dual channel for obvious reasons.

[Wagh]

2 sets of dual channel?

[Ex-Cyber]

2 sets of dual channel?

That would fit. Still seems a little weird, but then there are architectural reasons to stop at 3GB on x86.