From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 5 6:16:36 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pioneernet.net (mail.pioneernet.net [207.115.64.224]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43FD837B40D for ; Wed, 5 Sep 2001 06:16:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from chip.wiegand.org [66.114.152.128] by pioneernet.net (SMTPD32-6.06) id A63F16630118; Wed, 05 Sep 2001 06:18:55 -0700 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Chip To: Trevin Chow , Subject: Re: How much RAM to upgrade to? Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 06:17:26 -0700 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] References: <20010904235605.B1654-100000@benny.geektank.org> In-Reply-To: <20010904235605.B1654-100000@benny.geektank.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <0109050617260S.44697@chip.wiegand.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wednesday 05 September 2001 00:01, Trevin Chow wrote: > I'm thinking about upgrading my machine with some more RAM considering the > insanely low prices. > > My current setup is: > > Celeron 300A, 64MB RAM, 15GB HD, soon to be adding an 80GB HD > > Currently functions as: > > -IMAP mail server for 3 users > -Webserver for about 10 websites that have low to moderate traffic (maybe > 1000-2000 hits per month) > -General development work that I do > -X Windows client to run apps like gkrellm and some other X apps > > I'm wondering how much RAM is going to be in the "sweet spot" for me. I > know there isn't a definitive answer and probably more is better, but I'm > wondering about diminishing returns of adding too much ram. I mean, my > mother supports up to 768MB of RAM, but going that high seems a bit > insane. I'm also wondering about the balance between buying lots of > RAM or some RAM and a faster CPU (like going to a P2 400mhz). Any > info/opinions appreciated. Just go for it! I went from 64 to 384megs (no changes need to be made) and my machine just loves it. I can now run StarOffice on this old K6-2/350. The cpu change is only worth while if the change is VERY big, not so sure you'll see as much differance between the cpu's you mention. I considered moving from K6-2/350 to Celeron 350, but found the ram made a bigger differance than the cpu change would have. -- Chip W. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message