Re: HP Pavillion a6300f Tower with . . .

On Jul 10, 2:32 am, "LesleyO " <lesl...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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"ChrisCoaster" <ckozi...@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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Vista Home Premium SP1

Pentium Dual Core 2.0gHz

400gByte Hard drive

3Gig RAM

Question:
According to the store I bought it from, I have a 32bit version of
Vista which will read up to 3.5gibabytes of RAM if I install two 2Gig
sticks.  In order to read all 4Gig(or 3.9), they told me I'd have to
install a 64bit version of Vista.

Is this information correct?

The machine is more than fast enough for my needs now, even with
chubby Norton AV 2007 running in the background, etc, but should I
throw in a second 2Gig stick just to get the few extra horsepower from
the 0.4Gig it would read?

-ChrisCoaster

Hi, Chris --

Don't uninstall Norton; I'm running it too, and it's not a problem. I have
an HP with 4 GB installed (my Athlon dual core can handle 64 but is only
running at 32 at this time) so I'm not getting much more oomph than you are.
But do use a 4 gig USB thumb drive for ReadyBoost; I do photo editing and
such and it does seem to ease things. I don't know what your Windows
Experience Index is, but mine shows Processor 5.3, Memory 5.9, Desktop
Graphics 3.1, Gaming 3 (I don't do any), and Primary HD 5.6.

I also added a 500 GB Firewire drive for data backup.

Lesley- Hide quoted text -

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Lesley: You and I have the SAME Windows Experience BOTTLENECK:
Gaming 3.0!!

My others: Processor > 4.9, Memory > 4.6, Graphics > 3.4, and Hard
Disk > 4.7.

Thanks for all your help here. I fully understand the concepts of
"reported RAM" VS "actual physical RAM". In the same panel showing
Windows experience, the RAM is reported as exactly 3.0.

I've never had a memory related hangup with this machine in the 4
months I've owned it, like I said even Norton 2007 doesn't harm it.
Incidentally the folks at Gateway, whom I called to order initially
before settling on this HP, told me that Norton 2007 "utilized
resources far better thany anything for XP, 98, and used considerably
less RAM".

I'd have to guess they are right, because I haven't noticed too much
strain. Of course, I was the one who increased actual RAM from 2GB to
3 when I purchased the tower. I'm always thinking about the future.

-CC
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