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On 28/02/2011 12:02 PM, scott wrote:
>> The idea of a computer having 8GB of RAM is strange and foreign to me.
>> Much less a mere desktop PC.
>
> I guess that's because you've never worked anywhere where they upgrade
> the hardware every 2 years :-)
No, I've never worked for a company that can afford to just upgrade
hardware for no reason other than that a certain number of days have
passed. I would have thought most companies only spend money upgrading
something if it actually needs upgrading. (But then, I've only worked
for one company, so what do I know?)
> BTW 8GB of RAM is about the same price as filling up your car with petrol!
Damn. I had no idea it had got this cheap!
I guess because my motherboard won't handle more than 4GB, I hadn't
bothered looking at the price. Or maybe it's the fact that I haven't
found anything yet that requires more than 2GB of RAM, let alone 4GB...
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On 28/02/2011 12:17 PM, Stephen wrote:
> Gosh! You must have a big petrol tank. My 8 GB of DDR3 850 cost 260 GBP
A quick browse shows that ebuyer can sell me a 2GB stick of DDR3 for
£16. (They don't seem to sell anything bigger.)
Then again, when did you buy this? Prices for almost everything
computer-related are in constant free-fall, after all...
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On 28/02/2011 12:21 PM, Invisible wrote:
> Then again, when did you buy this? Prices for almost everything
> computer-related are in constant free-fall, after all...
For example, apparently today you can buy a drive that burns BluRay
disks for under £400.
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On 28/02/2011 12:21 PM, Invisible wrote:
> On 28/02/2011 12:17 PM, Stephen wrote:
>
>> Gosh! You must have a big petrol tank. My 8 GB of DDR3 850 cost 260 GBP
>
> A quick browse shows that ebuyer can sell me a 2GB stick of DDR3 for
> £16. (They don't seem to sell anything bigger.)
>
Yes when you go up to 4 GB modules the price goes up a lot.
> Then again, when did you buy this? Prices for almost everything
> computer-related are in constant free-fall, after all...
In November last year. And it was DDR3 8500 not DR3 850
--
Regards
Stephen
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>> Gosh! You must have a big petrol tank. My 8 GB of DDR3 850 cost 260 GBP
>
> A quick browse shows that ebuyer can sell me a 2GB stick of DDR3 for
> £16. (They don't seem to sell anything bigger.)
I found 4GB sticks on amazon for 32 pounds. I guess it will depend on
your motherboard if it can accept 4x2GB or 2x4GB. Most new motherboards
(apart from the budget ones) seem to accept up to 16 or 24GB.
> Then again, when did you buy this? Prices for almost everything
> computer-related are in constant free-fall, after all...
I've had 8GB for a couple of years now, no idea how much it cost back
then, it came with the rest of the computer (I think it is 4x2GB, but
I've never opened it up).
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>> A quick browse shows that ebuyer can sell me a 2GB stick of DDR3 for
>> £16. (They don't seem to sell anything bigger.)
>
> Yes when you go up to 4 GB modules the price goes up a lot.
I'll have to take your word on that. (As I say, I don't see any for
sale.) I suppose it depends how many slots you've got to play with.
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>> Yes when you go up to 4 GB modules the price goes up a lot.
>
> I'll have to take your word on that. (As I say, I don't see any for
> sale.)
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/232760
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/183983
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/183459
:-)
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On 28/02/2011 12:41 PM, Invisible wrote:
>>> A quick browse shows that ebuyer can sell me a 2GB stick of DDR3 for
>>> £16. (They don't seem to sell anything bigger.)
>>
>> Yes when you go up to 4 GB modules the price goes up a lot.
>
> I'll have to take your word on that. (As I say, I don't see any for
> sale.) I suppose it depends how many slots you've got to play with.
Well using a laptop means I have only two slots.
Having 8 GB of ram is great. :-D
--
Regards
Stephen
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On 28/02/2011 12:44 PM, scott wrote:
> http://www.ebuyer.com/product/232760
> http://www.ebuyer.com/product/183983
> http://www.ebuyer.com/product/183459
>
> :-)
OK, I rephrase: They don't seem to have any 1066MHz DDR3 for sale in 4GB
modules. (That's where I was looking.)
As an aside, it's kind of irritating that you can't see all the DDR3
modules at once. You have to pick DDR3 *and* frequency at the same time.
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On 2/28/2011 5:42 AM, Invisible wrote:
>> Oh, please.... The soft synth program I've been playing around with
>> takes about 10-15min to compile. Our flagship CAD and engineering app
>> where I work takes a good 30-45min to do a full build.
>
> How huge is it? o_O
>
Its big. I forget how big, exactly, but there's a lot of code for
handling engineering, performing the CAD drawing, rendering the
building, etc... Not to mention all of the UI glue, database handling,
and other bits and pieces here and there.
> Well, you can script that from outside. (That is, you have a check-in
> tool that runs whatever tests you want, and then executes the actual RCS
> command to check stuff in.)
True. We tend to use the GUI front-end for our RCS software, though. ;)
--
~Mike
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