Ram for my PC?

[JTM]

I have a Dell 4500

Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.4 ghz, 256mb Ram,NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 running Windows XP.

* I would like to know what ram I would need to get this running a little smoother? I'm not sure on what type of ram there is and which one to get?
* Would ram help improve this pc? or is it just too out of date.?
Thanks always,
JTM

 

[ghost]

Its got in it 512mb of DDR SDRAM. Hmm i would have a look how many DIMM slots your motherboard has !

I would just get another 512mb stick of PC3200 DDR SDRAM.

 

[wicked859]

yea, if you only have to slots filled with 2 256 sticks then you might have to remove one and put in the 512, this is assuming you only have 2 slots filled with 2 256 ram sticks though, but no worries

 

[Calibretto]

Make sure to check out the speed of your RAM also, to make sure when you add another one, they're the same speed.

 

[csi1189]

just go to www.crucial.com and there's this pretty nice tool that tells you exactly what kind of memory your computer will take - even if you don't buy it from crucial you can at least see what you will need to get. good luck in the shopping.