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Fatality · 02-28-2007, 08:28 PM

My friend has 512MB of RAM and I see him multitask pretty nicely. But yeah, the most I'll ever get in RAM is 1 gig, no more really needed. But let me ask you one question, since this computer is so old and probably within the next year it might just...die...I just want to ask, what in a computer makes it end? The power supply? Because I don't want to buy a video card, RAM, and a PSU and the motherboard is coming to an end or something and then I have to buy a new mobo. The processor I don't mind because I can buy one that's even better than mine for pretty cheap but mobos I really know nothing about.

Also, do motherboards last a long time because the look like a piece of hardware that can last substantially long?

02-28-2007, 08:28 PM	#21
Fatality Member (8 bit) Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 201	My friend has 512MB of RAM and I see him multitask pretty nicely. But yeah, the most I'll ever get in RAM is 1 gig, no more really needed. But let me ask you one question, since this computer is so old and probably within the next year it might just...die...I just want to ask, what in a computer makes it end? The power supply? Because I don't want to buy a video card, RAM, and a PSU and the motherboard is coming to an end or something and then I have to buy a new mobo. The processor I don't mind because I can buy one that's even better than mine for pretty cheap but mobos I really know nothing about. Also, do motherboards last a long time because the look like a piece of hardware that can last substantially long? Last edited by Fatality; 02-28-2007 at 08:32 PM.