ram?
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Posted on Jan 26, 2004 07:35 pm
Clansonkid
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Member Since: Mar 05, 2003
im getting a little fed up with my comp. its a pentium 3 with 128 megs of ram. im guessing i should just uprgrade the ram to say 556, but i dont know. can anyone give me advice
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Jan 26, 2004 07:52 pm A pentium 3 should be plenty for recording in most situations...but, you could surely stand more ram, buying one 256 MB stick would help a lot...PC133 ram is most likely what you need and that would bump you up to 384, which would triple your current ram.
Jan 26, 2004 07:59 pm so do you think 256 megs of generic sdram will get me running along?
Jan 26, 2004 08:02 pm and PC133 is really cheap these days. my friend just *gave* me a 256 chip the other week! soon as i get around to installing it that'll put me up to 512
Jan 26, 2004 08:04 pm SWEET! ill probly hit up best buy tomorrow, thanks
Jan 26, 2004 08:05 pm clanson, i started out with only 192, and that was plenty for starters.
then again that was 3 1/2 years ago and now that I have such a deeper grasp of things i wish i had much more.
the 192 was good for a bit, then i bumped up to 384, that's where i'm at now, P3 700Mhz, and it takes several *large* soft synths and lots of effects before FruityLoops starts gagging. As for Cakewalk, I can have over a dozen tracks before i get dropouts, and that's even with a few effects going.
Jan 26, 2004 08:15 pm yeh, ive been having other problems as well, it seems like when i add vst plug ins, it really lowers my cpu rate. ive also had times when it completely froze...
Jan 27, 2004 04:18 am Well, RAM won't exactly help in those situations, plugins use CPU power, plugs like reverbs use A LOT, can may help ease it a little but the best thing to do in those situations is upgrade the CPU, which often times mean upgrading the PC...at least for you since you have a name-brand PC, not a custom build.
Jan 27, 2004 07:31 pm hmm that kinda sucks, my comp didnt read my ram?
Jan 27, 2004 07:57 pm Ya might have to get it thru HP, some namebrand PC's (some more than others) are picky and don't like some ram and do like others...it's really weird, I dunno how or why, but custom builds are never like that...
Alternatively, pull it out and put it back in, make sure the slot is dust free and that it is seated securely...
Jan 28, 2004 07:57 am nevermind, i got it workin!
Jan 28, 2004 07:57 am woohoo!
More RAM good! Less RAM bad...
