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Is more memory worth it?
Name: david377 Date: January 23, 2005 at 16:26:01 Pacific OS: Win XP CPU/Ram: Celeron 1.7 / 256 mb
Comment:
For normal home use (no heavy gaming)is it worth the ~$50 to add another 256 mb stick of RAM. Will I see any difference between 256 and 512? Thanks for the advise.
Name: El Klandero Date: January 23, 2005 at 16:40:07 Pacific
Reply:
You might as well go for. It can't hurt. I noticed a difference in making that jump. However, I've heard it's best to add ram in pairs. Try going to Crucial.com and enter in your computer info and see what info they have.
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Response Number 2
Name: jam Date: January 23, 2005 at 18:38:55 Pacific
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$50 for 256mb?? Where do you buy your RAM? I can get PC2700 for 1/2 that price. CompUSA, Circuit City, OfficeMax run rebate deals almost every week
Asus A7N8X-X 2500+ Sempron @ 2100mhz 10.5 x 200mhz @ 1.80v 512mb PC3200 Ti4200/8X 128mb WDC 60GB
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Response Number 3
Name: david377 Date: January 23, 2005 at 19:43:49 Pacific
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My Soyo SY-P4IS2 takes PC133 which seems to be more expensive than the newer memory. I've seen it for $37 to about $89. I usually shop Newegg, Tigerdirect, and Buy.com.
David
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Response Number 4
Name: landon Date: January 23, 2005 at 20:56:24 Pacific
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Be guided by this site: http://www.crucial.com/library/howmuch.asp
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Response Number 5
Name: angrymen2001 Date: January 24, 2005 at 03:24:37 Pacific
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If your not performing any graphics stuff (video or picture editing), if your not trying to run more than 1 program at a time, and you already said you're not a gamer, I would just stick with the 256 Meg ram. Will you see a difference if adding more? Yes, but you also have a bottleneck using PC133 ram. Therefore I would just save your money towards a newer system some day if needed.
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