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Originally Posted by Cheesus
Buy a new computer. If you spend 300Euros you'll have a computer infinitely better than the POS you currently own. If you're even half as dedicated as you pretend to be, it is quite possibly the single greatest investment of your life.
When you eventually do get a new PC, if you're on somewhat of a budget stick to DDR2... But if you've got cash to spend, go DDR3. The performance difference is minimal at best, but it will give you some headroom to upgrade in the future.
2GB RAM is the bare minimum nowadays. Currently I'm stuck with said amount not out of choice, but rather out of budget. If you buy a new PC, go with 4GB RAM. No more, no less. (Plausibly 6GB if you go Core i7).
And **** Windows XP. Windows 7 or GTFO.
And finally, for the love of anything sacred... LEARN HOW TO CONSTRUCT YOUR POSTS. Quite frankly, this is the last time I'm going to put up with your absolute absence of construction. If you're not sure what I'm talking about, google basic english construcion/grammar. It is simply unbearable in its current state, and I refuse to assist you any further unless you're willing to devote at the very least some time to fixing your oh so very distinct **** posting.
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Cheesus, please phrase things slightly more civil in the non-bin sections, such language can be rather intimidating for new members as they might get the idea they'd get the same treatment if they have a basic-level question
STARS: If you'd first get a general idea of what you actually want to ask and break things down into paragraphs that are readable and answerable per each of them, it would make it much easier for us to read your question, and many more would be willing to spend time in your thread. We're not asking for university-level essays but some willingness to make yourself understandable would be most appreciated.
As for your hardware questions:
32 bit has an addressing limit. Hardware and windows needs some of this addressing space, resulting in there being a maximum amount of RAM it can address at the same time, which hovers around 3.5GB, depending on other hardware.
The reason why 64bit supports so much is simple: To be future proof so that they don't have to switch again within the next two years. Still that limit is most likely also a technical one.
As for now: 2GB is a minimum you'll need to run a standard Windows with all service packs, assuming you have a virusscan and several other programs running in the background while you want to run a heavy application. The full 2GB won't always be used unless you're a heavy PC user, but you need the 2x1GB combination for the speed it gives (Dual Channel), and 2x512MB just doesn't cut it anymore.