[ShyguyXPC]

Originally Posted by Fumphis

Looking at a new computer, and wondering if I should go with 2GB RAM over 4GB for XP Home SP2. Besides the inherent 3.4-ish limitation, I've also heard about people having performance issues from using 4 GB in XP. Do you recommend 2 or 4?

That is Why we have stated 2GB... (the Bold, Italic, Underlined Part...)

Originally Posted by RamonGTP

Umm, what does that have to do with what I said? You still don't know what his needs are. 3GB is 50% more than 2GB which is a significant difference and everyone said 2GB is plenty without knowing what it would be used for.

But Me & Sean both have said that 3GB will be fine too, as should 2GB. I basically also mentioned it, 2GB, should be enough for the OS itself & basic apps & most games.... But went into detail as to why I'm using 3GB, I'm running XP Media Center (basically XP Pro with out a couple features & some Media center addons)

he's asking for XP Home with SP2 on a new system... I'm guessing if he was going for something more demanding he'd have at least XP Pro 32-bit, if not XP 64 or Vista 32/64...


but since this is such a debate, lets let the Original Poster tell us what they intend to use this PC for then...