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Upgrading my RAM and not sure whether to go for 1GB total or 2GB total.Say I got 2 and did not need so much would I benefit anyway, or would it lay redundant until I installed extra applications?
Howu much RAM have you got to begin with?
If you have Vista then 2GB is the minimum!
If you have XP then I would still do it unless the machine is fairly old and the it can be expensive.
Go to [url= http://www.crucial.com/uk/ ]Crucial[/url] and it will tell you what memory you should install.
It won't hurt to go to 2GB.
XP with 480MB originally. New machine. £28ish per Gig. Have 2 slots. Not sure if I can run the original 480MB with a new 1GB.
cheers I will download the Crucial tool later. Thanks.
You won't be able to run the 480MB plus the 1GB because you only have two slots - you will have to take one of the modules out to put the 1GB in.
This may not work (due to unmatched pairs)so I would by 2 of the 1GB modules!
ok. thanks.
2 gig is IIRC the max for XP, you can install more but the OP will never utilise it.
Vista is very Mem hungry and would need 2 meg as a min, run better with 4.
Windows 7 runs like a dream on 2 meg.
considering how cheap it is and how much of a difference it makes, there's very little to argue against putting as much in as you have the capacity for. max that $£!t out. 🙂
4 Gig is max in 32bit XP any more than that and it's not used, 2 gig will very noticeable speed increase from 480mb.