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 Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 1:12 pm Post subject: Why do many of you guys buy ddr2 ram instead of ddr3? |
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| I mean some of you guys are buying a quad core comp and such and then you don't buy the newest type of ram?
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The performance difference between DDR2 and DDR3 is not that noticeable. I mean it is improvement but not worth the expense and maybe we dont want to spend even more money when we already spent a bunch on a computer. Plus only certain motherboards support DDR3. So that means we have to have the motherboard that supports triple channel.
Also on a personal note, why do you care what we do? lol
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| Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 1:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Price mostly. Even with the recent inflation of ram, its still cheaper to buy ddr2 at this point. DDR2 isn't bad or anything.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 1:51 pm Post subject: |
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I still buy DDR. Only one ram bank on my board works and I'm not even sure if it could support DDR2/3.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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| SF wrote: | | I still buy DDR. Only one ram bank on my board works and I'm not even sure if it could support DDR2/3. |
I'm pretty sure the pin type is a little different. I think ddr is 184pin and ddr2 is 240pin. No idea what the pins for ddr3 are.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Zycthe wrote: | The performance difference between DDR2 and DDR3 is not that noticeable. I mean it is improvement but not worth the expense and maybe we dont want to spend even more money when we already spent a bunch on a computer. Plus only certain motherboards support DDR3. So that means we have to have the motherboard that supports triple channel.
Also on a personal note, why do you care what we do? lol |
Because if i should go buy a computer or something, and i see that people who knows a lot about this stuff buys ddr2 then i want to know why so i know it when i am going to buy something.
Also my laptop got 4gb ddr3 ram 1066mhz. Isn't that pretty good?
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Hero
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| Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 2:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Kardi wrote: | | Zycthe wrote: | The performance difference between DDR2 and DDR3 is not that noticeable. I mean it is improvement but not worth the expense and maybe we dont want to spend even more money when we already spent a bunch on a computer. Plus only certain motherboards support DDR3. So that means we have to have the motherboard that supports triple channel.
Also on a personal note, why do you care what we do? lol |
Because if i should go buy a computer or something, and i see that people who knows a lot about this stuff buys ddr2 then i want to know why so i know it when i am going to buy something.
Also my laptop got 4gb ddr3 ram 1066mhz. Isn't that pretty good? |
Sounds slow considering ddr2 can be 1066mhz.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4242488&SRCCODE=GOOGLEBASE&cm_mmc_o=VRqCjC7BBTkwCjCECjCE
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| Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 2:45 pm Post subject: |
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hurp derp he said laptop memory
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| Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 2:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Saifallofjmr wrote: | | hurp derp he said laptop memory |
yeah, I've never seen laptops with more than 1066Mhz
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| Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Memory is damn expensive, I prefer to steal it.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Karakawe wrote: | | Memory is damn expensive, I prefer to steal it. |
You steal ram!?
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| Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Kardi wrote: | | Karakawe wrote: | | Memory is damn expensive, I prefer to steal it. |
You steal ram!? |
It's rather easy if you find a walmart or something that doesn't have it on locked racks..
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| Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 4:15 pm Post subject: |
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| SF wrote: | | Kardi wrote: | | Karakawe wrote: | | Memory is damn expensive, I prefer to steal it. |
You steal ram!? |
It's rather easy if you find a walmart or something that doesn't have it on locked racks.. |
They all do in my area :/ But I am not poor enough to need to steal things. But hell, they even had madkatz usb 360 controllers on locked racks.
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