impossible or possible?

[jdbelec]

Hey people,
Don't flame my first topic please.

Ive been thinking about making computers faster my idea was to remove my 3GB ram from the slots in my pc then wire a 250GB HDD in the ram slot. +format the HDD

I'd like to know what your opinion is, be thruthful please :) : Is what im trying to do impossible or possible?

PS: if this is in wrong topic or section can a mod move it to correct one?

[NeverSoft]

@P.S.

Yes it is wrong but, if moved you would not be able to see where it goes... Because you are a shark pooler.

Uhm and I dont know anything about hardwar so yeah :whistle:

[jdbelec]

why wouldnt i be able to see my own post if its moved though. is there some other fourms i cant see or something?

[The muffin man]

The thing is, a hard drive is hard memory, a laser writes on the disc. RAM, random access memory is a matrix of 1s and 0s storing virtual memory that is instantly accessed and overwriten.

[jdbelec]

I know that but, do you think it would work? im not afraid to fry my computer ill just buy a new one

[The muffin man]

No it definitely wouldn't.

[jdbelec]

kk thanks. anyways ill test it even though you say it shouldnt work i know i got a 8gb hdd around the house somewhere, we never know what can happend :)

[crooked]

would it work with a flash drive?

[jdbelec]

what do you mean a normal usb flash drive? im pretty sure that would work same with the sd cards

[crooked]

yeah. i doubt it would.

[jdbelec]

I dont even think i would know where to start to wire a flash drive :s but ill try it and tell you

[Rab]

Yeah you're in the shark pool, there are a good 18 more sub forums beyond the shark pool.

PS: Your idea sounds retarded.

[crooked]

http://www.1337.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22785

[jdbelec]

Why would more ram be retarded? / thanks crooked

[Shins]

More ram wouldn't be: what you're proposing is such a horridly incompetent idea, I'm afraid I don't know of a technical FAQ to rebuke a question this basically flawed and stupid. The fact that you're even considering the option tells me pretty clearly you wouldn't comprehend anything I did offer to explain the difference. You already ignored one person telling you it wouldn't work.

You're not worth the effort.

[Rab]

The idea is retarded because it wouldn't work...

The thing is, a hard drive is hard memory, a laser writes on the disc. RAM, random access memory is a matrix of 1s and 0s storing virtual memory that is instantly accessed and overwriten.

[jdbelec]

alright thanks i guess i wont waste my time, can a mod lock/close this thread please?

[Green Hat Linux]

Hey people,
Don't flame my first topic please.

Ive been thinking about making computers faster my idea was to remove my 3GB ram from the slots in my pc then wire a 250GB HDD in the ram slot. +format the HDD

I'd like to know what your opinion is, be thruthful please :) : Is what im trying to do impossible or possible?

PS: if this is in wrong topic or section can a mod move it to correct one?

congrats, you've managed to give me the first P.I.N.T. (Post Induced Nervous Twitch) i've had on this form...

i must ask, do you even have the faintest idea of how a computer works? even someone who isn't in OSC should have the basics...gods... *twitch*

[jdbelec]

ive played around with computers befor clueless how they work just asking if my idea would work, pretty obvious it wont:(

[Green Hat Linux]

ive played around with computers befor clueless how they work just asking if my idea would work, pretty obvious it wont:(

well, still, think about it, havent you noticed how long it takes to open files to begin with? or to save them? its all about the read/write speeds, but this is a discussion i really don't want to attempt over the net...i figure wikipedia has a decent artical about this stuff...you might wanna start there.

[Evonus]

PS: Your idea sounds retarded.

See this is why I love rab. It's because of his innate ability to eloquently pad everything with clever euphemisms.

[KageOni]

1. It wouldn't work, thats been said...

2. what I'm reading is that you want to use your HDD as ram? Thats just silly, because ram is a million times faster then your average HDD. Also, your computer uses your hard drive as ram as it is. When you run out of ram your computer as a set aside amount of hard drive space to use as ram but your screwed if you do because it will severally slow things down.

Now if i herd you wrong and that you want to use your ram as a HD, which would have a huge speed advantage, you want this (http://techreport.com/reviews/2006q1/gigabyte-iram/index.x?pg=1).

[Wo1ke]

Well, obviously it would work, since it'd be almost the same as the virtual ram your PC uses every day, but unless you get some uberleet HD for like $5k+ it's going to be slower than regular ram, and thus kill the purpose. Flash drives might be a bit better. Not by much though. BUT, on a flash drive, you would get, what? 8gb ram MAX? Why not just buy the ram? So, yeah. Don't do it.


EDIT: Your going to need custom coding, since it will not work through your RAM ports, so your going to have to edit either the OS, or add a custom driver to make it work through w/e port your going to use.

[Badeballen]

Well, obviously it would work, since it'd be almost the same as the virtual ram your PC uses every day, but unless you get some uberleet HD for like $5k+ it's going to be slower than regular ram,

It's going to be slower than ram no matter what HD you use. Even cheap ram is many, many times faster than even the most expensive HD.

[Napalm]

So...can I -rep for shitty thread?

[KageOni]

Thats the point of rep.

[Evonus]

If I had any rep, I would -rep this guy.

[Shins]

I keep trying to give you some positive rep, but you piss it away like... piss.

Fuck metaphors.

[MasterGlitch]

I keep trying to give you some positive rep, but you piss it away like... piss.

Fuck metaphors.

Technically, that was a simile. :P

And, yeah, a HDD as RAM is a bad idea, even if it could possibly work. RAM is not all about capacity. It's also about speed. But now I'm just repeating what everyone else has said and things that a common person on the internet should know.

[Orbixx]

Now if i herd you wrong and that you want to use your ram as a HD, which would have a huge speed advantage, you want this (http://techreport.com/reviews/2006q1/gigabyte-iram/index.x?pg=1).

OWAHOMG

[KageOni]

Yeah, thats ownage right, a 4 gig HD for windows to load off of in a few seconds? Own.

[Shins]

Technically, that was a simile. :P

Right you are; I was drawing a blank on the correct literary term. Damn you for outing me.