Newer Technology works better than Older Technology. News at 11.
I remembers when I had upgraded my Amstrad 1512CPC (Used an 8086 processor with 512k of ram, CGA Display) for a 486DX 50 MHZ. (4 Megs of RAM, SVGA display and actual hard drive) This was a huge upgrade for me, the biggest one I can remember. This changed how I could use a computer and what I did with it. The rest of the upgrades, the Computer was a bit faster, more ram, etc... But my usages didn't change that much, as when I upgraded it, I
Am I the only person alive who has extreme trouble figuring out which RAM is compatible with which CPU and which motherboard?
I don't have to do that very often, but when I do, I'm typically at a loss, and often have to rely on parts vendors with a vested interest in upselling anything they can.
A motherboard will only be compatible with one type of DDR specification, which currently is DDR3 and DDR4. A DDR3 ram stick wont fit in a DDR4 slot and vice-versa, there is no adapter. I recommend looking at PC Part Picker [pcpartpicker.com], it has a compatibility filter.
Newer Technology works better than Older Technology. News at 11.
I remembers when I had upgraded my Amstrad 1512CPC (Used an 8086 processor with 512k of ram, CGA Display) for a 486DX 50 MHZ. (4 Megs of RAM, SVGA display and actual hard drive) This was a huge upgrade for me, the biggest one I can remember. This changed how I could use a computer and what I did with it. The rest of the upgrades, the Computer was a bit faster, more ram, etc... But my usages didn't change that much, as when I upgraded it, I
I would have thought HDD->SSD would be a more notable upgrade.
From an 8086 with a floppy drive to a 486 with a hard disk? Are you kidding? Frankly I wonder if he even had a 3.5" floppy or a 5.25 one.
Mine was even bigger, I transitioned from a BBC Master to a P5 with 72M of RAM and a 900M hard disk and a Riva128 card.
Am I the only person alive who has extreme trouble figuring out which RAM is compatible with which CPU and which motherboard?
I don't have to do that very often, but when I do, I'm typically at a loss, and often have to rely on parts vendors with a vested interest in upselling anything they can.
A motherboard will only be compatible with one type of DDR specification, which currently is DDR3 and DDR4. A DDR3 ram stick wont fit in a DDR4 slot and vice-versa, there is no adapter. I recommend looking at PC Part Picker [pcpartpicker.com], it has a compatibility filter.
8400 Mbps?
So 1.05 GB/s in sane units.
Wait, why is that slower than an SSD?
Could I wire 4-8 SSDs into a DDR5 module of massive capacity without memory loss?