New Computer

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 6:22 pm

doesnt mean its usuable. no use arguing guys i really dont care that much lol.

just letting you know what my it department is telling us. one of our it guys actually called our microsoft rep and they told him 2gb. and he tried to explain it to me but i dont understand half of what he was talking about.

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 6:23 pm

ahhh i see it here you kinda have to tune it turn on 4gb

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb613473.aspx

falkenbd · Post by **falkenbd** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 8:18 pm

Ryan from Ohio wrote:Well my XP is supposed to support 2 computers, so Im going to try installing it on the new comp when its ready.
I think my case has a 450 or so watt power supply that came with it... Ive been using it for like 5 years now with no issue.

450 watts is nothing these days. And the power supplies that come with computer cases are crap 99% of the time. I usually buy cases without powersupplies on purpose. I honestly don't think that powersupply will be enough to suit your computer

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 8:30 pm

Bwcad1 wrote:windows XP cannot utilize more than 2gbs unless you run the 64bit version. its usless to put it in.

windows xp recognizes up to 3.5ish GB.. not 2.

i've got 2 2gb sticks in this computer, and it recognizes 3.5 of it. not a total loss.

and to justify - i use vmware and soon dynamips (router virtualization).

here...

colemanyoungerinalaska · Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:55 pm

iiyou can get it to utilize all 4 gigs 1 gig for the kernel and the rest for apps
by putting the /3GB switch into the boot.ini

server 2003 is cool
i have the standard edition at home on my media server can only use 16 gigs of ram on that though

x64 is based on it vista was too originallythen they ruined it but just like xp in a few years itll be cool just like it took xp a while to catch up with win98

colemanyoungerinalaska · Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:56 pm

getting a better power supply would be a good idea also

Robert Wollenberg · Post by **Robert Wollenberg** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 1:03 am

I strongly recommend you read all 9 pages of this ...
http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/08/09/ ... _supplies/

solacedagony · Post by **solacedagony** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 4:51 am

colemanyoungerinalaska wrote:iiyou can get it to utilize all 4 gigs 1 gig for the kernel and the rest for apps
by putting the /3GB switch into the boot.ini

server 2003 is cool
i have the standard edition at home on my media server can only use 16 gigs of ram on that though

x64 is based on it vista was too originallythen they ruined it but just like xp in a few years itll be cool just like it took xp a while to catch up with win98

The kernel doesn't use that much itself anyway. I have 2gb and with all my apps running, I don't use 350mb total. So putting more towards programs would help, especially if you run 3d graphics programs. You should try that, Darth, and see what happens.

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:07 am

Ok,

I bought the CPU this last week, the 6400+ Black Edition. Got it used on E bay for a decent price seeming New Egg lowered the price then raised it back up...

Ordered a power supply today. Took the recommendation and thought about it. I got it for $20 after rebate. Normally $70

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817171016

Im only going to run 2 hard drives, 1 DVD burner, 1 dvd drive and 1 vid car and multiple fans.

Robert Wollenberg · Post by **Robert Wollenberg** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:39 am

Good call on the power supply.