Upgradin my RAM

lp41 · 08-14-2005, 06:26 PM

hi,

i'm considerin to upgrade my ram which is currently 256mb to probably 512 or 1gb. atm i hav 1 DIMM slot (i think they're called that for puttin memory into...) with a 256mb chip and 1 other DIMM slot which is free. wot i want 2 kno is that if i do upgrade my memory would it ruin my whole computer or would i need 2 apply more power 2 the computer etc i.e if i upgrade my memory would i need 2 upgrade/change other things 2 compensate it?

thnks

p.s here r my specs 4 my computer:

AMD Athlon XP 2800+ (2.08 ghz)
80GB hard drive
256 MB DDR
ATI Radeon 9200 (128MB)

**jancz3rt** · 08-14-2005, 06:39 PM

My first point would be to make sure that your motherboard supports a Dimm of 1GB in one slot. You may need to stick with 512MB. Yet another is to actually consider what you use the PC for. If you are considering gaming, then the performance increase would be considerable but bottlenecked by the graphics card. If you are looking for general program performance and speed, then you should notice a big improvement.

JAN

lp41 · 08-14-2005, 07:39 PM

i've just been checkin the stuff u've asked me to check and it says max memory up to 2Gb. therefore i think each DIMM slot can hold upto 1Gb of ram. so wot do u think i shud do buy 1 512mb or 1gb ram chip? also i mainly want 2 improve the performance of general programs and gamin but gamin isn't that important. however if i want 2 upgrade my memory by a little (eg buyin another 256mb ram) 4 gamin it doesn't really matter cos in the end it would still improve the performance of Half Life 2, by loadin it faster etc. therefore upgradin my graphics card isn't important!

cheers

lp41 · 08-15-2005, 01:34 AM

seemin that my 256mb ram is a DDR SDRAM, do i hav 2 buy another DDR SDRAM if i want 2 add more memory?

08-14-2005, 06:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
lp41 Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 87	Upgradin my RAM hi, i'm considerin to upgrade my ram which is currently 256mb to probably 512 or 1gb. atm i hav 1 DIMM slot (i think they're called that for puttin memory into...) with a 256mb chip and 1 other DIMM slot which is free. wot i want 2 kno is that if i do upgrade my memory would it ruin my whole computer or would i need 2 apply more power 2 the computer etc i.e if i upgrade my memory would i need 2 upgrade/change other things 2 compensate it? thnks p.s here r my specs 4 my computer: AMD Athlon XP 2800+ (2.08 ghz) 80GB hard drive 256 MB DDR ATI Radeon 9200 (128MB) Last edited by lp41; 08-14-2005 at 07:32 PM.

08-14-2005, 06:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
jancz3rt Moderator - F@H Guru Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Czech Republic Age: 24 Posts: 4,023	hmm My first point would be to make sure that your motherboard supports a Dimm of 1GB in one slot. You may need to stick with 512MB. Yet another is to actually consider what you use the PC for. If you are considering gaming, then the performance increase would be considerable but bottlenecked by the graphics card. If you are looking for general program performance and speed, then you should notice a big improvement. JAN __________________ A64 3700+ @ 2.65Ghz ::: 7300GT @ 600/1500 ::: 2GB RAM @ 440Mhz www.CZ3RT.com ::: FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND ::: F@H Team 44358

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08-14-2005, 07:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
lp41 Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 87	i've just been checkin the stuff u've asked me to check and it says max memory up to 2Gb. therefore i think each DIMM slot can hold upto 1Gb of ram. so wot do u think i shud do buy 1 512mb or 1gb ram chip? also i mainly want 2 improve the performance of general programs and gamin but gamin isn't that important. however if i want 2 upgrade my memory by a little (eg buyin another 256mb ram) 4 gamin it doesn't really matter cos in the end it would still improve the performance of Half Life 2, by loadin it faster etc. therefore upgradin my graphics card isn't important! cheers

08-15-2005, 01:34 AM	#4 (permalink)
lp41 Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 87	seemin that my 256mb ram is a DDR SDRAM, do i hav 2 buy another DDR SDRAM if i want 2 add more memory?