Quick Question

[dmsee]

i have hp PC a400n
2.7 GHZ
256 mb ram DDr sdram memory
80 gb hard drive

intel extreme graphics 64 mb

will it make my computer run fast by adding memory?? how much?? do i need to add ??
and video card what is the best choise ??

where is the best place to buy memory and video card?

 

[LlamaTronics]

Yes, RAM will make your computer "faster" I would go to at least 512, especially if you have windows XP.

Upgrade your graphics card also if you are wanting to play games... Does your board have a AGP slot? or possible PCI-E?

 

[alanuofm]

i have hp PC a400n
2.7 GHZ
256 mb ram DDr sdram memory
80 gb hard drive

intel extreme graphics 64 mb

will it make my computer run fast by adding memory?? how much?? do i need to add ??
and video card what is the best choise ??

where is the best place to buy memory and video card?

one thing its an older celeron processor. and there is no agp/pci-e slot either. so you would have to get a pci video card.

 

[Qlutch]

I would recommend NewEgg to buy your components.

 

[Praetor]

and there is no agp/pci-e slot either.

But there are adaptors
http://www.albatron.com.tw/english/it/vga/atop_page.asp

 

[Qlutch]

But there are adaptors
http://www.albatron.com.tw/english/it/vga/atop_page.asp

But doesn't that adapter allow AGP cards to fit in PCI-e slots, not PCI 1x slots?

 

[alanuofm]

But there are adaptors
http://www.albatron.com.tw/english/it/vga/atop_page.asp

hmm i dont think that mobo has an agp nor a pci-e. how is the adaptor supposed to work?

 

[Geoff]

only if u have a pci-e slot, you would have to get a pci video card, and i believe they onyl go up to an ATI 9250 (correct me if im wrong). Not good for gaming, but ok for older games and your basic dvd watching and image editing.

 

[yanks26]

adding more ram will help you out a lot. my brother has 2 gigs of ram which is more than enough and it goes extremely fast for him. i have only 512 which isnt too quick. a gig would and should be fine and the best place to get computer parts would definately be newegg.

 

[flame1117]

for RAm i'd upgrade to two sticks of 512MB DDR400.

 

[Zeus2005]

heres a quick q, should i get another 512 ddr2 stick (£70) (and make my ram a gig) or wait til i get more money and buy an ace watercooling kit (£300)?

 

[Qlutch]

You'll gain more performance out of another stick of RAM than what you would from the overclocking capabilities you can gain from a watercooling kit.