Guys How well would this system run Win2k pro?

[pr-man 1]

Guys how would this system run win2k pro? Would the slow HD really kick my *** ?

 

Celery 2 566@ 952mhz

192 megs pc100

Abit BE6 rev 1

Western Digital 8.4 UDMA-33 5400 RPM HD

Matrox G450 32 meg DH

SB live Value

Supra Express 56i ISA

and many other things.

[EddiE314 0]

it would run it very nicely.

[pr-man 1]

Is 192 megs really enough ram wise?

[clutch 1]

256MB is really smooth, while 128MB can be kind of a dog. Personally, I just ordered another 512MB from Crucial for my server. By the time I am done I should have 384MB in my main workstation and 640MB in my Win2K AS box.

 

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Regards,

 

clutch

[JimmyK 0]

hey bud, yeah throw some win2k action on that, heck if u make it an NTFS partition u might even get better performance, and u know ur gonna get much better security and reliability with a NTFS partition, but yeah u might wanna think about upping that ram to a minimum of 256. BUT 192 will do VERY nicely.

[whoisurdaddy 0]

pr-man, Win2k should run pretty well on your system. For RAM, 192mb is pretty good but I agree with Clutch and JimmyK on adding more RAM. Win2k run faster with more RAM. I am additional 128mb on my computer. I just bought 128 mb of PC-133 from Crucial for $61 after tax.

[EddiE314 0]

i'm running 640mb here, honestly i didn't notice a difference in speed other than games loading maps and photoshop after i upgraded from 384mb to 640mb, you'll notice a big difference going from 64 to 128 to 192 to 256.

[Brian Frank 0]

Should be okay, I'd definately bump up the RAM to 256 or even 384. Plus the RAM you need is dirt cheap anyway.

[Four and Twenty 0]

definatly get as much ram as you can afford. I noticed a big diff going from 256 to 512.

[paul_h_amiga 0]

Isn't that overkill? I mean I have 192MB of Ram in my system, but 640?? Please explain any reason for having that much (unless you are running SQL or some other thing...)

 

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[Son_Gohan 0]

Maybe for:

 

1-loading HUGE images, resizing them, appliying filters with photoshop

 

2-FOr emulators

 

3-For large SOUNDFonts (I've seen a 256 MB sf2 somewhere).

 

4-3D gfx cards using AGP port will benefit from extra memory for textures.

 

5-For Fun

 

6-Huge databases

 

7-RAMDRIVE. IT's great when you set your temp folder to a Ramdisk of 128 MB.

 

(But, actually, My system works fine with "only" 128 MB)

 

[This message has been edited by Son_Gohan (edited 31 January 2001).]

[Four and Twenty 0]

um what is wrong with overkill

i plan to put another 256 meg dimm in my pc when i can afford it.

[PsychoSword 0]

I'm going to ditch my two generic pc-100 64 meggers for a couple of pc-133 256 meg dimms. Heck they can be had on price watch for as low as $65 a piece. Can't beat a deal like that.