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Building old pc for wgc

ObSo-1337

ObSo-1337

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Scotland
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System Name ObSo1337
Processor AMD Phenom II 940 @ 3.44 Ghz
Memory Cosair 4 GIG 820 Mhz 4-4-4-12 kinda stable ;D
Video Card(s) XFX HD 4890 XT 920/1100
Storage Seagate 500Gig 7200 RPM
Display(s) Samsung syncmaster 2243MWX | 32" HDTV
Case Diablo A+ Twin Turbine
Audio Device(s) Onboard 5.1
Power Supply 750w
Software Windows 7 64 Ultimate
Hey tpu. Just a quick question. My ram on my old machine has sadly died. It was old DDR RAM. Just wonder what speed of ram i should go with to acheive maximum crunching. Does the mhz of the ram really affect the speed of the processor? Just wondering because im a little poor these days and its around £30 for 1 gig of DDR 400mhz RAM D:
 
dustyshiv

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Dubai, U.A.E
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System Name Reebok
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @4.2GHz DO Stepping
Motherboard Gigabyte EX58-EXTREME
Cooling EK-Supreme HF High Flow CPU WB+2 X EK-FC9800 GTX GPU WBS+Gigabyte NB WB+XSPC 120QuadRadw SanAce fans
Memory 3 X 2GB Corsair Dominator DDR3-PC3 1600 CL8 Kit w Corsair Airflow Fan
Video Card(s) XFX Geforce 9800 GTX Black Edition + Point of View 9800 GTX Overclocked Edition+ XFX 9800GT
Storage 1TB Seagate SATAII + Seagate 600 GB SATA II
Display(s) Samsung SyncMaster 2220WM
Case Coolermaster Stacker 830 Nvidia Edition
Audio Device(s) Creative Soundblaster PCI Express X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series
Power Supply Corsair HX850W PSU
Software Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit
Hi Osbo,

Crunching greatly depends on the clock speed of your CPU. Regarding the amount of RAM, anything more than 512 MB would be better. Some WU take more memory. If not enough memory is not available, it says waiting on memory and halts the task. 1 Gig must be sweet enough. I would not worry about the speed of RAM though.
 
ObSo-1337

ObSo-1337

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234 (0.04/day)
Location
Scotland
System Specs
System Name ObSo1337
Processor AMD Phenom II 940 @ 3.44 Ghz
Memory Cosair 4 GIG 820 Mhz 4-4-4-12 kinda stable ;D
Video Card(s) XFX HD 4890 XT 920/1100
Storage Seagate 500Gig 7200 RPM
Display(s) Samsung syncmaster 2243MWX | 32" HDTV
Case Diablo A+ Twin Turbine
Audio Device(s) Onboard 5.1
Power Supply 750w
Software Windows 7 64 Ultimate
thanks mate

Obso btw ;)

all i need now is a replacement Am2 processor and i have another 2 24/7 crunching rigs ;D
 
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