WTB: DDR RAM and a Socket 478 mobo

[Jon Pruente]

That's a nice Wiki, thanks for the link.  It's main role is more
desktop oriented, thus why it runs XP.  I've watched the Activity
Monitor while the virus scanner ran and it tended to eat memory up to
about 300MB running just that.  When I launched an app it went to
380MB+.  For their uses (accounting, word processing) the main problem
is the lag while parts are swapped in and out during a scan and trying
to launch apps and open files.  I think going to 512MB is the most
cost effective way to reduce the lag.  I've set the active scan to
happen at night, but there's still the resident scanner going at all
times.  It is a broadband connected XP machine, after all...

Jon.

On 12/18/06, Richard Piper <rmpiper at everestkc.net> wrote:
> I found an excellent reference on the PowerEdge 400SC
> http://www.wikifaq.com/Dell_PowerEdge_400SC_FAQs#Will_non-ECC_RAM_work.3F
>
> If you are having swapping issues, you probably want to go to at least 1
> GB of matching RAM. For a business, it's worth every penny to maximize
> the throughput on the server.
>
> Rick
>
> On Mon, 2006-12-18 at 15:19 -0600, Jon Pruente wrote:
> > 1. I'm the "in family" computer tech for my father-in-law's business.
> > They are needing to upgrade the RAM in a Dell PowerEdge 400SC.  For
> > that I'm looking for a matched pair of DDR400 PC3200 128MB DIMMs.  The
> > system already has a pair of 128s in two slots, and I'm looking to
> > fill the remaining slots cheaply and bring it up to 512MB RAM.
> > Running XP SP2 and a virus scanner causes so much VM swapping that
> > they can't get any work done when it runs, even on it's HT P4.
> >
> > 2. For myself I'm in need of a Socket 478 motherboard, as I'm in the
> > process of building up my first P4 level Linux workstation.  I've got
> > two chips that need homes, a 1.8GHz Celeron and a 2.8GHz HT P4.  I'd
> > prefer to get the P4 in a system, but it seems that 800FSB boards are
> > not as common as 533FSBs.  If someone has something cheap I'd take it
> > if it only works with the Celeron, but if someone has an 800FSB
> > capable board for cheap I'd be rather happy.
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