Yes I am one of those pc enthusiasts who are constantly changing and upgrading. I want to stick another stick of ram in my pc (4GB max motherboard will allow) I know vista ultimate will support up to 4gb as well. I am on the understanding that some of the memory will not show as this is used for system resources. My mate told me that as I am using 3 types of memory (flash, graphic, main) there will be conflicts and I should not use the flash drive either ! is he right? or can I add another stick. thanks
yes its water cooled as im entering the world of overclocking soon
I would suggest sticking with 2GB of RAM, however why did you go for a motherboard that only supports 667mhz DDR2? You would have been better off saving your money on the extra combo drive and the vista ultimate over home premium and the water cooling (ffs!) and getting a better board and faster RAM... maybe even the incredibly priced QX6600 quad-core processor... but that's just my opinion!
Anyway as I said, 2GB of RAM is all I would bother with - 4GB is a massive waste as a) with a 512MB video card and other system resources you'll only see 3GB of it anyway and b) no standard 32bit program can use more than 2GB of memory in total! (well not without workarounds anyway...) Windows Vista is quite good at memory management. I would also ditch the readyboost drive as these are only really effective when you have less than 1GB of ram installed. 3rdly i suspect your memory may limit the overclockability of your machine - as you haven't mentioned a brand i have to conclude you went with generic rubbish?
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your 8800GT should be excellent value - from what i've heard they're faster than the more expensive 8800GTS 640MB versions for less money and less heat production (equals more overclocking ability...)