Memory Question

[Richard Westcott]

I want to upgrade my RAM from 2 GB to 4 GB, just to help things along a little.

I know you have to buy RAM in matched pairs, but do I need a specific type of RAM to suit my mother board or is it all universal?

Thanks for your help

 

[jetstreamsky]

No you need specific type of memory to suit your hardware. Go to a memory supplier website like Crucial, Kingston and others, they usually have some kind of configuration application to identify the type you need.

Note you won't get a full 4GB of performance without 64 bit windows in play.

 

[wombat666]

I want to upgrade my RAM from 2 GB to 4 GB, just to help things along a little.
I know you have to buy RAM in matched pairs, but do I need a specific type of RAM to suit my mother board or is it all universal?
Thanks for your help

You will need DDR1 if you have an older (say, made a few years ago) MoBo while newer boards support DDR2, the cheapest and most common.
A 4GB Kingston DDR2 pack is around A$100.00 at most.
New generation boards that offer DDR3 support are less common just now.
Small correction, 32bit XP handles up to 4GB just fine, more than 4GB and you need either 64bit XP or Vista to get any benefit.

 

[modelr]

Small correction, 32bit XP handles up to 4GB just fine, more than 4GB and you need either 64bit XP or Vista to get any benefit.

32bit XP handles 4GB fine, but it only recognizes/uses 3.5GB of it.

 

[Richard Westcott]

Thanks Guy's, I like it when the replies are easy to understand!

All the best