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Posted at 2:07 PM on Tuesday 11/4/08 by
Ben
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Buy.com has the Crucial Technology Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Kit for $51 - $35 rebate [Exp 11/13] + $0 shipping = $16 shipped. Covered by a lifetime warranty. CAS Latency 4-4-4-12. [BizRate]
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    lostemple - Posted 2:16 pm PST 11/4/08 (166 Posts)  Report Spam

    What is the benefit of going to 8 gigs if you have 4 gigs? What apps or games take advantage of 8 gigs of memory?

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    guyinaz - Posted 2:21 pm PST 11/4/08 (510 Posts)  Report Spam

    Nothing takes advantage of 8 gigs unless you have a 64 bit platform.

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    amdrules - Posted 2:37 pm PST 11/4/08 (210 Posts)  Report Spam

    These are $8 shipped after rebate at Fry's:
    http://shop1.frys.com/product/5672021?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

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    gassyjoe - Posted 2:46 pm PST 11/4/08 (2518 Posts)  Report Spam

    This is the newer Ballistix modules that run at more reasonable voltages. Hopefully they'll burn out less than the old ones did. And like #2 said, unless you're running a 64-bit OS your system probably won't even recognize more than 4GB of RAM. As for programs that need it, couldn't tell you but it's probably few and far between at this point. Look at it this way, if you have a program that needs 8GB of RAM you probably know it, if you don't know if you need it, you probably don't.

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    Philster - Posted 3:15 pm PST 11/4/08 (802 Posts)  Report Spam

    I got the 2x2Gb (4Gb total) today at Fry's B&M for $30 after $50 MIR.

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    mdheinzer - Posted 3:19 pm PST 11/4/08 (630 Posts)  Report Spam

    crysis

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    zidane - Posted 3:22 pm PST 11/4/08 (455 Posts)  Report Spam

    Server applications can utilize it

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    schizoma - Posted 4:24 pm PST 11/4/08 (79 Posts)  Report Spam

    Before buying memories, look closely at owner's manual to see the maximum memory capacity your the mother board supports. And if you are planning to ADD new memories to existing ones, check with their compatibility.

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    masterlock - Posted 4:45 pm PST 11/4/08 (50 Posts)  Report Spam

    what apps? Oracle database, multiple VMware sessions, software development tools. As stated, need 64bit os and mb support too.

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    kingka - Posted 6:03 pm PST 11/4/08 (234 Posts)  Report Spam

    seems like my sticks won't OC very well. coud be the MB, but who knows

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    goldenboyfx - Posted 6:28 pm PST 11/4/08 (1343 Posts)  Report Spam

    Correction. 32 bit versions of windows can only use ~3.2 Gb of ram not 4gb.

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    webman - Posted 7:39 pm PST 11/4/08 (19 Posts)  Report Spam

    #3, Frys always has a better deal and no tax for me.

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    lacthanhle - Posted 10:15 pm PST 11/4/08 (23 Posts)  Report Spam

    wow, $16 for 2gb. that's great!!

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    Ushi - Posted 12:28 am PST 11/5/08 (24 Posts)  Report Spam

    This is a pretty sweet deal for those who want to exceed the memory cap on Windows XP.

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    dsingh2 - Posted 6:38 am PST 11/5/08 (21 Posts)  Report Spam

    Wow!! Sweet deal. I paid a fortune for these about 10 months ago. They work flawlessly and well. I am not sure what diff does SLI make but I am running them with SLI enabled (no overclocking) and they have perormed on my Nvidia 680i SLI mo-bo.

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    dtsmatt - Posted 11:02 am PST 11/5/08 (401 Posts)  Report Spam

    16$ is awesome for some cheap ram, but gig sticks? egh.

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