im currently running 512 ram and want to upgrade but not sure as to get another 512 or to add a gig so ive got a gig and a half any ideas

 

neither, id get 2 sticks of a gig, to make 2 gigs.
No point filling up your precious ram slots with weedy little 512 jobs if you want to upgrade to even more at a later date you'd be throwing the 512's in the bin to make room for bigger sticks.

Just an idea, but 2 gigs you would notice a huge improvement

 

mate im just wanting to do my ram cause ill be getting a new comp next mines a year and a hafl now so a year to go but ill think about it whats the price of ram these days

 

depends on the spec of your bourd, is it 184pin or 240pin? what speeds does it support?, how many slots does your motherbourd have? as if theres only two you can't put a gig and 512 in they have to match.

 

yep theres only 2 slots so id be better with another 512 then

 

if you have 184 pin ram seriously dont bother with 1 gig modules as its so expensive now .. get another mobo that supports ddr2 and its half the price...

 

i know nothing about ram mate is that how many pins are on it

 

if you download this prog it will tell you what mobo you have then we can look it up and let you know

http://filehippo.com/download_everest_home/

 

cheers mate

 

done that and this is what i get



Field Value
DRAM Slot #1 512 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)

 

pc3200 you can buy 1 gig sticks in that format, so do what i said and get 2 gigs

 

at the 1 gig price ...

 

what sort of costs are they though

 

under £80 for 2 gigs http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/65719

Thats a good price for 2gigs in my opinion

 

Or even cheaper.

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=27893

Cheers

Matt

 

who said DDR 184 pin was expensive? even before looking i was like"whats he's on about it cant be that expensive" and i was right

 

Give that man a gold star

 

when i looked into this last month the prices were alot higher
hence my wanting to get a new mobo to use ddr2 as it was alot cheaper ..

found this today...
http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/prod...D1024V40&af=50

now thats a good price and in stock

 

yeah that is a good price but to be honest 80 is still a bargain, so its up to him who he orders from, ive never had a problem with Ebuyer personally thats why it was my first port of call

 

 

cheers mate ill get them ordered in the next two weeks