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Rampant RAM

by Sandra Prior on Sep 20, 2009

Alas, poor DDR2, we knew it. DDR2 isn't quite dead yet. With every processor save Core i7 unable to make all that much of DDR3's increased speed, and years of favor from both AMD and Intel, DDR2 remains the most prevalent RAM around today. And with prevalence comes cheapness - both for the RAM itself and for motherboards that support it. The cost of 2GB of the stuff comes in at under $40 these days, so if you're still struggling along with just a couple of gigs, now's a fine time to add a couple more. Vista will happily eat it right up, and you'll notice significantly quicker loading times in a lot of current games. More than 4GB of DDR2 is generally a waste, even in 64-bit Windows, but the low prices means making a custom SSD with something like the Gigabyte iRAM drive is no longer entirely crazy-talk. Still pretty crazy,...Read More >>



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