rebuilding system - HD and ram question

[greggustin]

have 2 sticks of 1gb ram (big)
ddr pc3200
and 2 sticks of 256Mb ram (small)
ddr pc3200

P4 3.2Ghz, pci and 2 200Gb sata HD

question
with 4 slots for memory
is it
big-big; small-small?
or
big-small; big-small

and HD
I am now a HUGE fan of making image files
my HD thoughts are
c: and d:
two partions on same HD
and E (etc) on 2nd drive
put system on C:. programs on D:
Swap on E: (does swap file partition need to be empty??)
and data files on the other partitions on 2nd drive
this is looking for performance on games and ease of making dedicated images for rebuilds


btw
I have 4 sata ports in MB and have 2 SATA drives
but no place to put 3rd drive (physically)
what do you guys do?
(hehe - besides buy a taller tower)

 

[mlakrid]

you gave most of the correct information, but you forgot one important one:

Whats the make/model of your mobo? With that we can pull up the correct installation of your DIMMS.

As for your not having enough room, you either:
A) like you already said buy a new case ...OR...
B) find a modification to fit it in a slot which would normally hold your CD/DVD/Optical drives

Im guessing you will do "B"

write back...

EDIT: Also for the drives Drives one and two (for speed sakes should be RAID 0) That is of course if you dont mind NOT having any redundancy, as RAID 0 offers none...
use CD or DVD backups and you should be fine....

 

[madmatt]

Thread moved to New System Builds.

 

[greggustin]

gateway 550gr
need more info?
not sure where to get it
maybe I call the factory?

the slots are grouped in pairs
thanks