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Re: want to max out the ram...

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May 14th, 2008
Originally Posted by GrimJack View Post
Don't forget that 32 bit machines do not support more than 3.2 gigs of mem. I recommend buying a matched set of 1 gig and a set of half gigs -- it is not worth paying for 4 gigs if can only use 3.2. (from summary: Leveraging the Intel 875P chipset to support 3.2 GHz+ P4)
Sorry about the above copy and paste error, I was watching a PBS special on the climbers who died on Everest and I misread GHz as memory, sigh
If only ignorance were painful....
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