Going from 64 to 128 MB of SD RAM made a real difference.
shimszy
Outside of overclocking circles no one understood memory clock and timings in 2000. The only consideration was did you have enough RAM.
Umluex
i still remember when i got my hands on two 15k rpm scsi server drives and a raid controller. the whole case vibrated like hell. but it was fast!
at least for a year. then one disk died and took the raid 0 array and all the data with it
daffalaxia
RAM.
You’ll only end up waiting for load. Unless your app/game streams a lot from disk.
Marclej
I remember when my uncle upgraded my ram from 16mb to 64mb. It felt like a new computer, I was able to open AOL without it taking like 10 minutes to open
Kitchen_Turnip8350
in the 2000s 4GB ram was peak gaming — what the hell happened, now i need at least 8GB just so windows can run properly
EiffelPower76
Buy more RAM. Always
No-Upstairs-7001
32 GB is more than enough for 90% of people, most companies state what’s needed for AMD or Intel, usually the very high MT ram can have compatibility issues.
I personally go for low CL 6000MT ram for AMD
floriandotorg
Buy an SSD?
Ajay_Jammu
Remember you can always download more RAM but you can’t download 7200 rpm drive…
fullofclots
I remember getting my first 10k rpm hdd. That was speeeeddd
FactorFear74
WD 36.6gb 15000k Raptor drive!
Takeasmoke
my journey through 2000s: 128 MB in 2002 -> 256 MB -> 512 MB -> 2 GB -> 4 GB in 2010
2010s were even more wild went from 4+2 GB sticks to 8+8 GB sticks in single upgrade
ShutterBun
$100 was not going to get you much of a hard drive in 2000, folks. I kinda doubt there were ANY 7200rpm drives available for $100 at that time, regardless of size.
MrJFr3aky
What were the dinosaurs like back then?
MississippiJoel
You could have just downloaded more RAM back then. Get the HD.
kdesi_kdosi
get a VTEC harddrive for even faster reading at high RPMs
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Going from 64 to 128 MB of SD RAM made a real difference.
Outside of overclocking circles no one understood memory clock and timings in 2000. The only consideration was did you have enough RAM.
i still remember when i got my hands on two 15k rpm scsi server drives and a raid controller. the whole case vibrated like hell. but it was fast!
at least for a year. then one disk died and took the raid 0 array and all the data with it
RAM.
You’ll only end up waiting for load. Unless your app/game streams a lot from disk.
I remember when my uncle upgraded my ram from 16mb to 64mb. It felt like a new computer, I was able to open AOL without it taking like 10 minutes to open
in the 2000s 4GB ram was peak gaming — what the hell happened, now i need at least 8GB just so windows can run properly
Buy more RAM. Always
32 GB is more than enough for 90% of people, most companies state what’s needed for AMD or Intel, usually the very high MT ram can have compatibility issues.
I personally go for low CL 6000MT ram for AMD
Buy an SSD?
Remember you can always download more RAM but you can’t download 7200 rpm drive…
I remember getting my first 10k rpm hdd. That was speeeeddd
WD 36.6gb 15000k Raptor drive!
my journey through 2000s: 128 MB in 2002 -> 256 MB -> 512 MB -> 2 GB -> 4 GB in 2010
2010s were even more wild went from 4+2 GB sticks to 8+8 GB sticks in single upgrade
$100 was not going to get you much of a hard drive in 2000, folks. I kinda doubt there were ANY 7200rpm drives available for $100 at that time, regardless of size.
What were the dinosaurs like back then?
You could have just downloaded more RAM back then. Get the HD.
get a VTEC harddrive for even faster reading at high RPMs
https://preview.redd.it/l7thoak0pa5f1.jpeg?width=414&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=92c9226665576e872a927019112ee79c913e44a1
Me without $100 in 2000
DUDE!
And the real rich peoples with crazy configs would brag with their 10K RPM raptor HD.
how jealous I was.
I’ve never been able to experience one because SSD came out.
$100 in 2000 is like $10,000 today
Meanwhile just a week ago I bought 64GB of ram for around $70. Now I just have to get it installed.