Hi. I just bought a AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (socket 748) barebones and I wondered what is standard for ram these days.

My old system had 768 ram (3x256) but this computer needs ddr of course and is only 2 slots. Is 512 ok or 1 gb ? Are 1gb pieces cheap enough anywhere to grab one of them and have room to upgrade?

I was thinking of getting an Asus P4C800-E Deluxe motherboard
Pentium 4 3.2GHz, Socket 478, 875P, ATX, 4GB duel-DDR400, 800MHz FSB, Hyper-threading.
I believe the board can take up to 4GB Ram.

I was thinking of getting a Kingston, (KVR400X64C3AK2/1G) 1GB kit 400MHz DDR PC3200 Dimm 3-3-3. Two 512MB sticks.

Hi - this is kind of off-topic, but I know you guys really know ur stuff and I can't think of a better place to ask.

I was wondering if anyone could validate this statement:

PC uses RAM more efficiently. What may be 4GB of RAM on a MAC G5 is equivalent to 2.5 maybe 3GB RAM on PC.

A friend of mine was trying to explain to me that the MAC does not use RAM as well.

ok, i finally ordered my MOTU 24IO for my MAC G-5 Running Logic Pro 6. i've got 512megs RAM. Does anyone know how many tracks i will be able to record simultaneously without problems? i'd like to do the whole 24 Bit 96khz. and i'm probably looking at recording between 12-20 tracks at a time,, anyone been in this scenario and have any advice? am i going to need more ram to do this?

My current DAW:

PC 2.4Ghz P4 Sis chip
512 Ram ddr400 PC3200
120g HD (spread over 3 drives, 1 for programs)
MOTU2408Mk3
Logic Platinum 5.5

A friend heard that you will have latency problems is your RAM is not matched, i.e. a 256MB with a 512MB as opposed to two 256MB sticks. Anyone else heard/experienced that?

I'm getting ready to buy a computer for recording and want to know this first.

thanks

i wonder if anyone can tell me what ram does in nuendo 2.0? the cpu and hard drive meters are self explanitory.

but i'm wondering if i bumped up my ram from 512 of rd to 1 gig, what this would do for me as far as performance?

would i get better track counts? smoother automation/editing?

I'm runnin an old dual 450 (512 ram) on OS X.2 . with a digi 002 rack. i love it so much..best resuts..but i can only have so many plugins without it telling me to increase the buffer size. which is allready maxed.
i run on average 12-15 tracks with about 2 or 3 plugs on each..jst compressors and 4 band eq's..
i also have 2 vocal tracks with auto tune

I USE P4PE RAID MOBO...IT HAS 3 RAM SLOTS AND IT SUPPORTS UP TO 2 GIGS RAM...MY QUESTION IS IT: IF ON THE FIRST AND SECOND SLOTS I USE 2 STICKS OF 512 MB...ON THE THIRD HOW MANY RAMS MAY I USE?

THANKS...