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aight i need some help here...
i got a new compaq computer P-4 2.66 Ghz 120Gb 256mb DDR-Ram Pc 2700 (Single Stick) Dvd-rom Cd-RW Nvidia GeForce 4 Ti 4200 AGP8X SoundBlaster Live 5.1
I have A Compaq Case I have no clue if i should try and find the part that slids off with a window or to buy a kit and cut a hole in my current one?
I want to Upgrade my 256 Ram to atleast 512 but if i wanna later upgrade with one with a 512mb stick ill have to waste one of the 256mb stick. I dont kno if i should get a 256mb Stick or a 512mb?
Also Thing i currently have a Pc 2700 in and how can i tell if i can go higher?
Sata Drives correct me if im wrong the can transfer speed is up to 150 MBps But that would require u to have it built into your motherboard beacuse a Controller With PCI Interface can only go up to 133 MBps due to the Maximum Speed of the PCI. Newer ATA Drives can have 100-133 MBps so there would be no reason to buy a SATA controller and hard drives riight or am i missing something?
Thanx
i got a new compaq computer P-4 2.66 Ghz 120Gb 256mb DDR-Ram Pc 2700 (Single Stick) Dvd-rom Cd-RW Nvidia GeForce 4 Ti 4200 AGP8X SoundBlaster Live 5.1
I have A Compaq Case I have no clue if i should try and find the part that slids off with a window or to buy a kit and cut a hole in my current one?
I want to Upgrade my 256 Ram to atleast 512 but if i wanna later upgrade with one with a 512mb stick ill have to waste one of the 256mb stick. I dont kno if i should get a 256mb Stick or a 512mb?
Also Thing i currently have a Pc 2700 in and how can i tell if i can go higher?
Sata Drives correct me if im wrong the can transfer speed is up to 150 MBps But that would require u to have it built into your motherboard beacuse a Controller With PCI Interface can only go up to 133 MBps due to the Maximum Speed of the PCI. Newer ATA Drives can have 100-133 MBps so there would be no reason to buy a SATA controller and hard drives riight or am i missing something?
Thanx
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big differance in potential bandwidtyh and what ide drives can physicaly transfer. To saturate a normal 32bit/33mhz pci bus you would need more then two of the fastest drives made in raid-0. So thats a four channel controller also.
Just put another stick of 256mb in for now. Try getting the same stick as whats in there or pull it and put a stick of 512 in. You can sometimes combine differant makes or sizes of ram but.... if you have probs suspect the mismatched ram first. But you can very likely get a cheaper but still dependable stick of 512mb compared to a compaq upgrade of 256 so shop around.
And no you probably won't fird anyone making a replacement window ready to simply bolt onto the compaq. Your gonna have to mod that baby your self.
Good Luck !
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