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Post by mikkh on Aug 4, 2011 8:53:55 GMT
I usually deliberately keep myself at least one step behind technology so I don't incur the silly prices that come with brand new technology, usually several steps behind actually I've only just started using TFT monitors for example having picked up a couple of bargains recently. Now I have my first (brand new) quad core PC with 4 GB and a 1 TB hard drive, all sitting on an Asrock extreme 3 motherboard (USB3, SATA3 etc) Obviously 4 GB of RAM means a 64 bit OS is preferred, but you can get 32 bit linux's with PAE (physical address extension) kernels that allow 32 bit based distros to 'see' 4 GB or more of RAM. It's early days yet, having tried only a handful of 64 bit based distros, but my first impressions are I'm not really gaining much over 32 bit and using very new hardware does bring added problems that never used to affect me before. Big thumbs up to Puppy Linux, not only does it run as expected, it copes easily with flash based browser games that can run sluggishly on some distros - 32 or 64 bit Onwards and upwards!
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Post by elvisuk on Aug 4, 2011 12:56:42 GMT
H! Mikkh, So do you think 6 cores are much faster with Linux? I am thinking about up grading my ram from 4gig to 8gig do you think i should? I have a six core with 4 gig ram ans i use Linux Mint 64 bit and W7 64 bit. Nice to see you on CIT again i thort you had gone
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Post by mikkh on Aug 5, 2011 7:09:01 GMT
Multicore computing is better supported in Linux i.e more programs can utilise it, so in theory it should be faster - but not by much.
Do I think you should get 8 GB of RAM? Well, I've just put 4 GB in my new machine, it could support a lot more and it's never been cheaper - so what do you think :-p
Because it is so cheap, I might try it myself, but I don't expect to see any improvement. If you do upgrade try to get the same brand/speed or you may have problems
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Post by elvisuk on Aug 5, 2011 14:18:07 GMT
H! Mikkh, "it's never been cheaper" Yes thats why i was asking and i have never had 4gig in a computer before, so 8GB would be just because i can and my board M4A87TD EVO supports up-to 16 GB. I will be looking into getting more Ram soon and as you say i need the same kind of ram. "Multicore computing is better supported in Linux i.e more programs can utilise it, so in theory it should be faster - but not by much." Yes i did not notice much deference with Linux Mint 64bit or W7 64bit Thanks for your help
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Post by Pete on Aug 14, 2011 19:23:35 GMT
With windows 7 I noticed you can use the usb memory stick to increase capacity, I use a 3gb one. also have 3gb memory on board.
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Post by Pete on Aug 14, 2011 19:33:11 GMT
I love using linux puppy, it is so small yet perfectly reliable. My other favourite is PC Linux OS Gnome
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Post by mikkh on Aug 14, 2011 20:33:31 GMT
The 'readyboost' feature of Windows 7 is very fussy about which sticks it deems fast enough. I haven't found one yet that passes the test.
Puppy and PClinuxOS, yup probably the best two out there for Linux beginners - and for more advanced users too
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Post by Pete on Aug 15, 2011 22:21:00 GMT
TY
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Post by supersonicdave on Aug 26, 2011 4:05:48 GMT
I have a USB drive from a company called "Patriot XT" that is ready-boost capable. I have even seen Win7 offer to use my external HDD as ready boost equipment.
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