Best Shop To Buy Ram

wonka

My favourite component retailers:
MicroDirect
Scan
DABS

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I agree - time to take the internet plunge with Crucial. Great service - it usually arrives the following day and the quality is good. Once I ordered two memory cards but the box only contained one. Rang up - they said they would have to check stock, after all I could be lying (no they didn't actually say this). Second card arrived the following day.

II_D2_II

is there any way of me finding out the ram without opening the PC, i dont mind opening it but it would be nice to save me some time lol.
and i will find out what RAM he needs on Thursday as i am going to his house then cant today.

[Deleted User]

Download CPU-Z and run it, it'll give you the brand, type, speed, timings etc of the RAM installed

Reggie_Rebel

For laptop memory I'd recommend Orca Logic

tradetime

lilibeth wrote: »

And as for you Tradetime PC #+*'*' indeed, hang your head:D that's a swear word in our house.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: I'm totally mercenary, if they got what I need at a price that's competitive I'll buy off 'em.
Having said that, to the OP, I suspect you will be installing this for your uncle, so you might as well order it for him too, thus removing the stigma of online shopping if price is best there.

nomoneytoday

Another vote for Crucial here. They also have 7% quidco

oldtoolie

It is a good idea to open up the pc first, to see what slots are available. If all are full, you will have to scrap an existing chip to fit a new one.

Also, his computer may actually be dying. Memory might help but there could be other problems.

If the PC is more than 5 or 6 years old, it might be time to consider another one, new or used.

And yes, good results from Crucial. Also Orca Logic.

superscaper

oldtoolie wrote: »

It is a good idea to open up the pc first, to see what slots are available. If all are full, you will have to scrap an existing chip to fit a new one.

Also, his computer may actually be dying. Memory might help but there could be other problems.

If the PC is more than 5 or 6 years old, it might be time to consider another one, new or used.

And yes, good results from Crucial. Also Orca Logic.

The tools mentioned will say what slots are available etc anyway. I think the fact it is running on only 256 MiB for XP would certainly be enough of a reason for it to appear to be very sluggish etc.

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oldtoolie wrote: »

It is a good idea to open up the pc first, to see what slots are available. If all are full, you will have to scrap an existing chip to fit a new one.

Or, CPU-Z, tells you exactly what is in each slot without having to open up the case

Also, his computer may actually be dying. Memory might help but there could be other problems.

If the PC is more than 5 or 6 years old, it might be time to consider another one, new or used.

Giving the inside a clean, some new RAM and a reformat/reinstallation might give the computer a new lease of life without spending more than £20 just yet