Solve : Going to go with HP, one final question to ask?

1.	Solve : Going to go with HP, one final question to ask?
Answer» After hearing what people here told me here, I've decided to go with an HP desktop. I'm sticking in the $500 range. Am I OK with the AMD Quadcore processor or go with the Intel Pentium, both 2.8 GHz. And I guess ANOTHER question, the AMD has 4GB of DDR3 holds up to 8GB, and the Intel has 4GB also but it is DDR2 and thats the max it will hold. I thought everything now is going with DDR3? Is there that much of a drop off from DDR3 to DDR2, esp if I can't add more? 32-bit Operating System won't support more than about 3GB RAM, so 8GB does nothing for you UNLESS you use 64-bit OS. Quote from: Computer_Commando on December 16, 2010, 05:43:35 PM 32-bit Windows Operating System won't support more than about 3GB RAM, so 8GB does nothing for you unless you use 64-bit OS. FTFY. the limitation is an artificial one implemented for driver compatibility by MS; 32-bit VERSIONS of Linux/BSD/etc can see 8GB+ of RAM without problems. As far as the original question, the AMD offers more upgradability, and the RAM is slightly faster. (I've not used a PC with DDR3, my 8GB is DDR2)

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After hearing what people here told me here, I've decided to go with an HP desktop. I'm sticking in the $500 range. Am I OK with the AMD Quadcore processor or go with the Intel Pentium, both 2.8 GHz. And I guess ANOTHER question, the AMD has 4GB of DDR3 holds up to 8GB, and the Intel has 4GB also but it is DDR2 and thats the max it will hold. I thought everything now is going with DDR3? Is there that much of a drop off from DDR3 to DDR2, esp if I can't add more? 32-bit Operating System won't support more than about 3GB RAM, so 8GB does nothing for you UNLESS you use 64-bit OS. Quote from: Computer_Commando on December 16, 2010, 05:43:35 PM

32-bit Windows Operating System won't support more than about 3GB RAM, so 8GB does nothing for you unless you use 64-bit OS.

FTFY. the limitation is an artificial one implemented for driver compatibility by MS; 32-bit VERSIONS of Linux/BSD/etc can see 8GB+ of RAM without problems.

As far as the original question, the AMD offers more upgradability, and the RAM is slightly faster. (I've not used a PC with DDR3, my 8GB is DDR2)

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