The Personal Computer Thread

[Aryan]

Get 64 bit vista or xp. Both will utilize the full 6GB of ram you have and both would be running almost all of your software. Otherwise you are just wasting 3GB of you ram at a minimum. You can always have a additional installation of xp/vista 32 bit on the same machine and could dual boot between the two.. Nowadays a lot of apps are coming with 64 bit support.

-- no1lives4ever

But the main question is, will the games run on a 64 bit operating system?

[no1lives4ever]

Perhaps, someday it will be utlised.. Anyways, it does give a strange psychological high though (if you know what I mean.. )

Get 64 bit vista or xp. Both will utilize the full 6GB of ram you have and both would be running almost all of your software. Otherwise you are just wasting 3GB of you ram at a minimum. You can always have a additional installation of xp/vista 32 bit on the same machine and could dual boot between the two.. Nowadays a lot of apps are coming with 64 bit support.

-- no1lives4ever

[whizzkid_ram]

Guys im using this configuration

Processor - Intel Quad core Q6600 2.40 Ghz
Motherboard - Intel DG33FBC
RAM - 2 + 2 (4GB 533Mhz)
Graphics card - XFX Geforce 512MB 8600 GT
Hard Disk - Seagate 500GB sata
Display - LG 20.1 widescreen LCD.

I have planned to upgrade my graphics card & Motherboard alone.

Gimme some suggestions according to my specification above..cost isn't a matter but should be available at chennai. Hoping for the best.

[Aryan]

^^
Im wondering as i used XP and Vista which supports 3GB & 4GB respectively. 6GB RAM wont be fully utilised..tats y i asked u .

Perhaps, someday it will be utlised.. Anyways, it does give a strange psychological high though (if you know what I mean.. )

[whizzkid_ram]

^^
Im wondering as i used XP and Vista which supports 3GB & 4GB respectively. 6GB RAM wont be fully utilised..tats y i asked u .

[Aryan]

@anvancy: Yup, you can say that is a diwali purchase! I thought the 100mm macro lens can wait a month, since there are plethora of games that are released..

@ram: I care zilch about which operating system would support 6GB of RAM; I am enjoying the load times of the games, basically! It's close to nil..

@Wiz: Yes, kind of - more of an R6 than an R1, I guess..

[archibaby]

me going to get myself a PS3 .. mainly for the BD ROM player. A few questions ..

1. is the india one only upgradable to firmware 1.8 or do we also get the 2.5
2. is the drive ROM only or does it support BDR and BDRE along with DVD +- R/RW/RAM and CD +-R/RW
3. Is the 80 GB one available in india as the 40 GB SKU has been removed in the US.

.:. Archi

[WiZ]

@Aryan bro - Boy,you do own an R1 of a PC

[whizzkid_ram]

@ aryan

Which OS will support 6gb of RAM ??

[anvancy]

damn man..

diwali purchase???

[Aryan]

@Aparajith: None of the above! Just playing some heavy duty FPS games, and simulations (Microsoft Flight Simulator X).. And waiting for some other awesome games to be launched..

@Simba: Naah, that is NOT truck loads of power. I am still missing the nVidia chipset based motherboard (coupled with an NVIDIA based mammoth cabinet) and ofcourse the Quad Core Processor.. Now, THAT would be truck-loads of power..

[simba_smiles]

@Aparajith: Here are the specifications of my machine.

Processor - Core2Duo E8400 (3GHz)
RAM - 6GB
Motherboard - Intel model (don't exactly remember the model number/name)
Graphics Card - XFX GeForce GTX260..
Sound Card - I used to have a Sound Blaster Live card, but now am using the onboard 7.1 sound and I believe it is sufficient for me..
HDD - 2x500GB

wow. now thats a truckload of power.

1 TB of space, and 6 GB Ram!!! looks like i need an upgrade too

...simba

[Aparajith]

Awesome specs there!!!! BTW 6GB of RAM and 1 TB HDD !!!???? What are u doing? Hosting a website or doing some DNA Analysis?

[Aryan]

@Aparajith: Here are the specifications of my machine.

Processor - Core2Duo E8400 (3GHz)
RAM - 6GB
Motherboard - Intel model (don't exactly remember the model number/name)
Graphics Card - XFX GeForce GTX260..
Sound Card - I used to have a Sound Blaster Live card, but now am using the onboard 7.1 sound and I believe it is sufficient for me..
HDD - 2x500GB

[Aparajith]

@Aryan : Care to share the specs of ur PC's other components? I have an AMD Athlon X2 4200+ on an ASUS A8N-E. I use an HD4850. I think that the CPU is a bottleneck. Can someone explain why?