Advice on PC upgrade from Gigabyte system
27-04-2012, 11:54
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Re: Advice on PC upgrade from Gigabyte system
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Originally Posted by Graham M
Almost seems like a waste of time upgrading from the machine you are already using if it works fine and does everything that you use it for with no problems
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I agree . The £300 available will not give you any real world benefits. Maybe double your ram
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29-04-2012, 13:08
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Re: Advice on PC upgrade from Gigabyte system
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Originally Posted by tizmeinnit
I agree . The £300 available will not give you any real world benefits. Maybe double your ram
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Thats my problem really, the Gigabyte G31M-S2L only supports 4GB of RAM, I am more than happy with the other components, I could just use another 4GB of RAM and was hoping that I could just upgrade the Gigabyte G31M-S2L to a Gigabyte *Something* with no fuss.
But I struggling to find out if this is possible or if an upgraded board exists.
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Would any of these provide the type of upgrade im looking for?
GA-G31M-ES2L
GIGABYTE GA-EP43-S3L
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OR
Gigabyte GA-G41MT-S2PT
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29-04-2012, 13:38
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Re: Advice on PC upgrade from Gigabyte system
yeah it should be a straight swap with a few drivers off the cd
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29-04-2012, 15:55
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Re: Advice on PC upgrade from Gigabyte system
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Originally Posted by tizmeinnit
yeah it should be a straight swap with a few drivers off the cd
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Cool,
Im also buying a new case, should I get one specifically for a mATX or one which supports ATX as well
Are they phasing out ATX cards?
Im looking at the
Fractal:
Arc Midi Tower
Or
Arc Mini
Thanks
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29-04-2012, 16:05
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Re: Advice on PC upgrade from Gigabyte system
Get a ATX case if you plan on using it with future builds.
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29-04-2012, 16:46
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Re: Advice on PC upgrade from Gigabyte system
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Originally Posted by SnoopZ
Get a ATX case if you plan on using it with future builds.
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Agreed
ATX motherboards are still very much being used and will continue to be
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29-04-2012, 17:12
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Re: Advice on PC upgrade from Gigabyte system
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Originally Posted by pop80_uk
Thats my problem really, the Gigabyte G31M-S2L only supports 4GB of RAM, I am more than happy with the other components, I could just use another 4GB of RAM and was hoping that I could just upgrade the Gigabyte G31M-S2L to a Gigabyte *Something* with no fuss.
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I see no reason why it shouldn't take 8GB of RAM. Most motherboards lists these limitations simply because they were the most available when they were released.
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29-04-2012, 17:28
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Re: Advice on PC upgrade from Gigabyte system
does it then depend on which bit OS you run to allow max RAM functioning?
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29-04-2012, 17:35
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Re: Advice on PC upgrade from Gigabyte system
IIRC if you're using Windows then 64bit is required for the OS to "see" more than 3GB of RAM.
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29-04-2012, 18:41
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Re: Advice on PC upgrade from Gigabyte system
to be totally pedantic its 4 gig but this includes cached memory as well as graphics memory plus pci address space etc
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29-04-2012, 18:47
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Re: Advice on PC upgrade from Gigabyte system
Yes, I checked after I posted. However, to use more than 4 gig you need 64bit Windows
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29-04-2012, 18:57
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Re: Advice on PC upgrade from Gigabyte system
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Originally Posted by jempalmer
Yes, I checked after I posted. However, to use more than 4 gig you need 64bit Windows
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I have Windows Pro 7 64bit so thats fine
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29-04-2012, 18:57
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Re: Advice on PC upgrade from Gigabyte system
yup MS limit for their own gain although its tech so theres bound to be a work around.
the official stuff of max RAM on W7 64 bit...
Starter: 8GB
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Enterprise: 192GB
Ultimate: 192GB
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