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    Corsair PC6400 8GB note book memory

    Discussion in 'Notebook and Tech Bargains' started by aleicgrant, Mar 24, 2009.

  1. aleicgrant

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    thx for the find, personally I wouldn't spend more than 50$ on RAM lol and 4 GB is more than enough
     
    markhedder, Mar 24, 2009
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  3. Red_Dragon

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    8gb is sweet if you do alot of CAD and multitasking with internet explorer, photoshop...you know the whole works :p
     
    Red_Dragon, Mar 25, 2009
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    But even with 64 bit you cant utilize all 8 gb. I guess its limited to 6.x gb of ram. Also in few months, the price of 8 gb gonna drop around 100$ as I have a bad experience while buying my 4gb. I paid 245$ and after 2 months I can buy it in 85$.
     
    spradhan01, Mar 25, 2009
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    :confused: As far as I know 64 bit can certainly use 8GB. Heck the precision M6400 comes with 16GB of ram...
     
    wearetheborg, Mar 25, 2009
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    I dont think so, i know there are people who have 16gb RAM on vista.
     
    Red_Dragon, Mar 25, 2009
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    It's probably the computer itself that only supports 6GB. A updated bios might support 8GB. 64x should support up to 32GB if I recall right.
     
    ChristopherAKAO4, Mar 25, 2009
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    In theory, 64-bit can support a heck of a lot more than 32GB... it's in the order of 16+ million TB of memory... you can work it out by doing a little math, 2 to the power of 64 div (1024 B/kB x 1024 kB/MB x 1024 MB/GB x 1024 GB/TB... x 1024 TB/PB x 1024 PB/EB) --> 16 exabytes
     
    sgogeta4, Mar 25, 2009
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    I just pulled that number out of the air. :rolleyes: I remember reading somewhere though Vista 64bit could support more than 32GB, so I seemed like a safe guess.
     
    ChristopherAKAO4, Mar 25, 2009
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