>I think in most cases it is best to run a single, matched>pair of RAM sticks from a speed standpoint. Not sure how to>evaluate the tradeoff between more memory populating 4 slots>vs speed. >>I'm not sure it is at all desirable to try to run 3g.>>scott s.>.>I did think about doing that...ie take out the 2 x 512 and drop in 2 x 1 GB but I dont want to spend that much.ThanksBill

>>I think in most cases it is best to run a single, matched>>pair of RAM sticks from a speed standpoint. Not sure how to>>evaluate the tradeoff between more memory populating 4 slots>>vs speed. >>>>I'm not sure it is at all desirable to try to run 3g.>>>>scott s.>>.>>>I did think about doing that...ie take out the 2 x 512 and>drop in 2 x 1 GB but I dont want to spend that much.>>Thanks>Bill That was the same rationale I was operating on, but in hindsight, I think I wasted money on the extra ram. I see no difference running FS or any other program. If I had it to do over, I would get the 2x1gb, and used the old 512s in another machine or sell them. Better to get some value out of the old 512s than no value from the new pair.Another program you can use is Sandra from http://www.sisoftware.net/It will evaluate and give performance tweak tips. It's shareware, but no time limit. More advanced analysis is turned off in free version, but it will detect if your modules are unbuffered.

>>>I think in most cases it is best to run a single, matched>>>pair of RAM sticks from a speed standpoint. Not sure how>to>>>evaluate the tradeoff between more memory populating 4>slots>>>vs speed. >>>>>>I'm not sure it is at all desirable to try to run 3g.>>>>>>scott s.>>>.>>>>>I did think about doing that...ie take out the 2 x 512 and>>drop in 2 x 1 GB but I dont want to spend that much.>>>>Thanks>>Bill >>>That was the same rationale I was operating on, but in>hindsight, I think I wasted money on the extra ram. I see no>difference running FS or any other program. If I had it to do>over, I would get the 2x1gb, and used the old 512s in another>machine or sell them. Better to get some value out of the old>512s than no value from the new pair.>>Another program you can use is Sandra from>http://www.sisoftware.net/>It will evaluate and give performance tweak tips. It's>shareware, but no time limit. More advanced analysis is turned>off in free version, but it will detect if your modules are>unbuffered.>Thanks for the advice. I did find out they were unbuffered.Will check out Sandra as wellCheersBill