Buying a new Gaming PC

[Jason1]

Originally Posted by magus113

The four numbers on the bottom are CAS latency, which you shouldn't have to worry about. They say lower is better but the RAM is so fast it technically shouldn't matter.

The only thing you really need to be looking for is make sure that the RAM is specced at DDR3 1600.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...PC3%2012800%29

That link up there is a customized search on Newegg that gives you all of their options for a single 2 GB stick of RAM that will work with yours. Also, make sure that your version of Windows is actually 64-bit Windows cause if you get more than 4 gigs of RAM, anything above that on 32-bit Windows is actually useless. Unfortunately this requires formatting your computer if you don't already have it because I don't think you can do upgrades from 32-bit to 64-bit, but I've been wrong before.

Awesome, thanks a lot! And yes, I am positive I have the 64 bit version of Windows 7, so I assume it will be worth it to make the jump to 6 gigs. I know I wont see any huge major improvements, but I figure when you can guy a stick of RAM for 15 dollars, why not?

[magus113]

Originally Posted by Jason1

Awesome, thanks a lot! And yes, I am positive I have the 64 bit version of Windows 7, so I assume it will be worth it to make the jump to 6 gigs. I know I wont see any huge major improvements, but I figure when you can guy a stick of RAM for 15 dollars, why not?

For that you might as well go all out and buy two for 30. 8 jiggers of massive COMPUTING POWER

[Professor S]

Oh, the new PC is awesome by the way...