Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,940 Member For: 9y 10m 5d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 11/07/20 12:52 AM Share Posted 11/07/20 12:52 AM It's all good mate, I understand where you're coming from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossmang FREAKY Donating Members 12,431 Member For: 14y 11m 9d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 11/07/20 01:02 AM Share Posted 11/07/20 01:02 AM does the ram have to be the same as I got now? I think its ddr3? can I go ddr4? or buy 2 sticks of ddr4 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,421 Member For: 11y 8m 3d Gender: Male Location: Not in Cairns anymore Posted 11/07/20 02:56 AM Share Posted 11/07/20 02:56 AM (edited) it MUST be the same your motherboard will only support DDR3 if that is what is in it now also make sure it is the same MHz eg: 1600 MHz usually there will be a sticker on the RAM module giving you this info here is the specs for your motherboard: 4 x DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory * Due to a Windows 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the actual memory size displayed will be less than the size of the physical memory installed. Dual channel memory architecture Support for DDR3 3200(O.C.) / 3100(O.C.) / 3000(O.C.) / 2933(O.C.) / 2800(O.C.) / 2666(O.C.) / 2600(O.C.) / 2500(O.C.) / 2400(O.C.) / 2200(O.C.) / 2133(O.C.) / 2000(O.C.) / 1866(O.C.) / 1800(O.C.) / 1600 / 1333 MHz memory modules Support for non-ECC memory modules Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules Edited 11/07/20 03:06 AM by bloodycrashboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossmang FREAKY Donating Members 12,431 Member For: 14y 11m 9d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 11/07/20 03:17 AM Share Posted 11/07/20 03:17 AM ok hmm this will be fun trying to find another stick. otherwise I need this? https://www.pccasegear.com/products/27411/kingston-hyperx-fury-16gb-2x8gb-1866mhz-cl10-ddr3-black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,421 Member For: 11y 8m 3d Gender: Male Location: Not in Cairns anymore Posted 11/07/20 03:18 AM Share Posted 11/07/20 03:18 AM ebay is your friend you should be able to find a cheap one there @Admin (as if) if you still have the motherboard CD you can load up "easy tune" or download it HERE and do a auto overclock of the CPU which is a very safe bet not to cook anything The auto OC motherboard software always errs on the conservative side of things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,421 Member For: 11y 8m 3d Gender: Male Location: Not in Cairns anymore Posted 11/07/20 03:32 AM Share Posted 11/07/20 03:32 AM @Admin (as if) for you https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/KINGSTON-HYPERX-FURY-8GB-1866MHZ-DDR3-DESKTOP-GAMING-RAM-Memory-PC-Desktop/283944159166?hash=item421c6407be:g:7nkAAOSwn0dfCSI6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,421 Member For: 11y 8m 3d Gender: Male Location: Not in Cairns anymore Posted 31/07/20 07:29 AM Share Posted 31/07/20 07:29 AM Picked up a free server from Mrs BCB's workplacePristine Dell T320Came with 4 HDD'sLoaded Windows server 2019 and now using it as a Plex media server Been keeping an eye on the power usageUses 84 Kw per hour, so not to hungryA bit more than my Qnap Nas box but the thing it can do is transcode on the fly whereas my Nas box can't 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,015 Member For: 16y 7m 24d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 31/07/20 07:31 AM Author Share Posted 31/07/20 07:31 AM that's a solid pickup 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,421 Member For: 11y 8m 3d Gender: Male Location: Not in Cairns anymore Posted 31/07/20 07:35 AM Share Posted 31/07/20 07:35 AM Total overkillBut it's fun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,015 Member For: 16y 7m 24d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 31/07/20 07:37 AM Author Share Posted 31/07/20 07:37 AM 100% on both fronts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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