Update on help in choosing a new pc.

Hi, as promised I would like to update you on my new pc. I purchased a HP Pavilion p6205uk and I am delighted with it. It has 3GB of DDR3 memory, 1TB hard drive, windows home premium 64 bit, a 20 in wide screen monitor and a lovely keyboard. I feel as though I have gone from an old banger to a sports car. It cost £399.00 and it is money well spent. Thanks for all your advice in my previous post.
Christina

All that matters is that you are happy with your purchase.

Congratulations

Thats a nice system at a good price

That's great! It is always nice to have a up to date computer with the latest components to make your life easier.

You would think that 64 bit OS would have 4 or more GB of Ram

I have always avoided commercially manufactured computers. I am at present using a machine built by a local shop. We discussed my requirement thoroughly before deciding on a spec. I have no trial software or unneeded software. No dedicated software either. I have always had a full installation disk supplied. I would settle for nothing less. The shop is about 1 mile from my home in the unlikely event of any problems. No premium rate phone calls and waiting in a queue.

Having said all that, I hope you enjoy your purchase.

Windows 7 x64 only need minimum 2GB of RAM. So 3GB does the job quite nicely.

Also, the RAM manufacturer's sell DDR3 RAM in matched kits of either 3GB (3x1GB) or 6GB (3x2GB).

Not to be disrespectful. But Windows 64 bit needs a minimum of 2 GB and 32 bit 1 GB

Brain Fart!

Even with a minimum of 2GB needed, the 3GB that computer has is more than enough in my opinion. Unless you're going to be running any processes that are memory hogs (intense gaming, mass photo/video editing, etc) I don't think you'd see much difference between 3GB and 4GB. I'm fairly new to W7 though, so the OS might hog more memory than I realize =P