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hnknskywlkr
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My mother board is a 

Manufacturer PEGATRON CORPORATION
Model NARRA5 (Socket AM2 )
Chipset Vendor NVIDIA
Chipset Model MCP61
According to Speccy,but this is exactly what the board looks like
 
What I would like to know is how much ramm can I go to
I am running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
Ive read that I can go to 16GB but will my MOBO handle it?
Mobo specs say:
  • Dual channel memory architecture
  • Two DDR3 DIMM (240-pin) sockets
  • Supported DIMM types:
    • PC3-8500 (DDR3-1066)
    • PC3-10600 (DDR3-1333)
  • Non-ECC memory only, unbuffered
  • Supports 2GB DDR2 DIMMs
  • Supports up to 4 GB* on 32 bit PCs
*32-bit operating systems cannot address a full 4.0 GB of memory.
 
Im on 64 bit not 32 and currently only have 4GB
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Thank you

So if I replaced the 2 x 2GB that i have in with 2 of these 

Samsung 4GB 2Rx8 PC3-10600U DDR3-1333 240pin Unbuffered Non ECC M378B5273CH0-CH9

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-4GB-2Rx8-PC3-10600U-DDR3-1333-240pin-Unbuffered-Non-ECC-M378B5273CH0-CH9-/161879916686?hash=item25b0cb808e:g:0jIAAOSwo6lWO9rZ

 

I should be good or should I just go to 16GB?

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Thank you

So if I replaced the 2 x 2GB that i have in with 2 of these 

Samsung 4GB 2Rx8 PC3-10600U DDR3-1333 240pin Unbuffered Non ECC M378B5273CH0-CH9

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-4GB-2Rx8-PC3-10600U-DDR3-1333-240pin-Unbuffered-Non-ECC-M378B5273CH0-CH9-/161879916686?hash=item25b0cb808e:g:0jIAAOSwo6lWO9rZ

 

I should be good or should I just go to 16GB?

Depends what you do with it.

Using the computer for youtube and other normal stuff then 8GB (2x4GB) is more than enough.

Gaming you should be okay with 8GB (2x4GB) as the paging file will help.

If you want to do serious gaming with max everything, video / picture editing or rendering then get more than 8GB.

It's not a race to the bottom.

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Now another thing im looking at is I am running an

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual core 5800+ @ 3.0Ghz

Nvidia GeForce GT630 Synergy Edition 

2 x 2GB(4GB total)Ramm

 

I do game on this,I play Star Wars:The Old Republic

I run on medium settings excect in PvP i have to set to ultra low

Load times are a little long,Would it be better to double my ramm

or go with a AMD II Athlon X4?

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Your settings are low due to the video, not the machine.

In my opinion, you should consider replacing the dual GT 630s with a single video card with more power.

 

You can for example, pick up a used GTX 650 for pretty cheap and it will give you more performance than those 2 GT 630s.

When you posted above that you have 2 x 2GB vid cards for a total of 4 GB, you possibly misunderstand GPU architecture; Each card has 2 GB of ram but you still only effectively have 2GB of video ram usage, not 4 GB.

 

Upgrade the video card, give yourself at least 8 GB of system RAM and the Athlon dual core you have will be fine, if you want to bump up to a quad you can but it isn't necessary.

 

I built a scrapyard machine for my 14 yr old nephew out of spare parts I had around; I work on PCs every day.

 

He has an old Gateway OEM board (HT 2000 i think), that had a phenom gen 1 x 4 @ 1.8 GHz in it. I swapped that out for an Athlon II x 4 running at 2.8 GHz and added my old GTX 660 to it (I have a 970 now). I added a new 450W PSU because I just had a couple laying around for random possible customer builds. It also has 8 GB of ram.

 

The GTX 660 provides plenty of power for his needs and keeps him on medium to high settings on most games, although he doesn't play too many triple-A titles on it. The single one that he does play (Battlefield series) has to be turned down a bit but it still really good and just fine for that machine.

 

Now, that setup does have PCI-E 1.1 in it, not 2.0. That doesn't bother the setup much though, he still has enough power / PCI lanes to play what he wants, he'll just never be able to play on a 1440p or multiple monitors with that setup.

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Sorry for the misunderstanding but I only have 1 video card

 

Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
 
CPU
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5800+ 
Brisbane 65nm Technology
RAM
4.00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 376MHz (6-6-6-18)
 
Motherboard
M2N68-LA 
PEGATRON CORPORATION NARRA5 (Socket AM2 )
 
Graphics
1023MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 (ZOTAC International)
 
Storage
465GB Seagate ST350041 8AS SCSI Disk Device (SATA)
14GB pny USB 2.0 FD USB Device (USB)
 
Optical Drives
hp DVD-RAM GH60L SCSI CdRom Device
Audio
NVIDIA High Definition Audio
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Sorry for the misunderstanding but I only have 1 video card

 

Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
 
CPU
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5800+ 
Brisbane 65nm Technology
RAM
4.00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 376MHz (6-6-6-18)
 
Motherboard
M2N68-LA 
PEGATRON CORPORATION NARRA5 (Socket AM2 )
 
Graphics
1023MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 (ZOTAC International)
 
Storage
465GB Seagate ST350041 8AS SCSI Disk Device (SATA)
14GB pny USB 2.0 FD USB Device (USB)
 
Optical Drives
hp DVD-RAM GH60L SCSI CdRom Device
Audio
NVIDIA High Definition Audio

 

Honestly its not worth upgrading that system imo. All those parts are really old and you will not find much compatibility with today's stuff.

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My mother board is a 

Manufacturer PEGATRON CORPORATION
Model NARRA5 (Socket AM2 )
Chipset Vendor NVIDIA
Chipset Model MCP61
According to Speccy,but this is exactly what the board looks like
 
What I would like to know is how much ramm can I go to
I am running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
Ive read that I can go to 16GB but will my MOBO handle it?
Mobo specs say:
  • Dual channel memory architecture
  • Two DDR3 DIMM (240-pin) sockets
  • Supported DIMM types:
    • PC3-8500 (DDR3-1066)
    • PC3-10600 (DDR3-1333)
  • Non-ECC memory only, unbuffered
  • Supports 2GB DDR2 DIMMs
  • Supports up to 4 GB* on 32 bit PCs
*32-bit operating systems cannot address a full 4.0 GB of memory.
 
Im on 64 bit not 32 and currently only have 4GB

 

Also more to the original point you have DDR2 memory on that board good luck find any of that stuff out side of a good will. your mobo is not compatible with current memory just to let you know if you didn't.

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I've installed a 550W power supply

 

What I originally wanted to know was can I install more than 4GB of ramm

 

Samsung 8GB 2X 4GB DDR2-800 MHZ PC2-6400 240PIN Desktop memory 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-8GB-2X-4GB-DDR2-800-MHZ-PC2-6400-240PIN-Desktop-memory-AMD-Motherboard-/151491353376?hash=item2345969b20:g:3p0AAOSwiLdWA66U 

will this work?

It is doublw what i currently have

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This is exactly what im running

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If I install more Ramm Is it going to register?

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