Feeling brave....thinking of adding memory to Desktop - help Please!

catlou

OK_Sauce wrote: »

Are you sure you scolled down the page enough. Crucial tend to put their 'recommended' choices at the top of the results page and the 'other' combinations further down the page.

C R I N G E!!!!! :rotfl:

Just seem them having a look now! :eek:

Sublime_2

You don't have to buy from them. Once it has told you what to get. Amazon, and Maplins usually have a good range.

catlou

Thanks everyone!

I think I will give upgrading this one a go first as the hard drive light does come on a lot and I will be doing more multi tasking. Obviously being an MSE'r the cost is important but not everything I'm happy to spend £40 on this one if it would last me another year or possibly more?

I'm thinking of adding an extra 1GB so it would then be 1.5GB total.
On crucial it's either £34.79 for 1GB or £37.19 for 512MBx2.

Is Crucial the best place to buy from or can you get the same thing cheaper anywhere else?

What do people think would 1.5GB total be a good amount to go for?

catlou

Sublime wrote: »

You don't have to buy from them. Once it has told you what to get. Amazon, and Maplins usually have a good range.

Thanks, how would I know what exactly I'm looking for is all DDR1 RAM memory the same / compatible?

Sublime_2

Its up to you. I'm greedy and would probably buy 2, and keep the 512mb in. If you are going to be multi-tasking, probably worth it.

Try looking on amazon for the type of ram you want, as sometimes they are cheaper.

GaryS

Another place to look at is MrMemory, (mrmemory.co.uk) I used them last week to order extra memory for my Samsung laptop.

Ordered at about 2pm on the Friday, delivered and installed by 9am on the Sat.

Free delivery, excellent service, and competitive prices.

catlou

Sublime wrote: »

Its up to you. I'm greedy and would probably buy 2, and keep the 512mb in. If you are going to be multi-tasking, probably worth it.

Try looking on amazon for the type of ram you want, as sometimes they are cheaper.

Sorry to be thick......but you do mean buy 2GB and keep the 512MB in so that then gives me 2.5GB total?

I have had a look at the costs for 2GB are quite a lot more on crucial - £69.59 but on Mrmemory as suggested above they are £21.75 for 1Gb so £43.50 for 2GB.

I also found this on amazon which I think? is the correct one?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/KOMPUTERBAY-400Mhz-PC3200-DESKTOP-MEMORY/dp/B003CH6ZR0/ref=sr_1_7?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1298041473&sr=1-7

macman

From the info you give about what you want to do on your PC, and given that you are running XP, an extra 1GB of RAM to give 1.5Gb in total will be more than adequate to give a performance boost. Even an extra 0.5GB would be worthwhile to get you up to 1GB.
If you still want more. add it later to get you to 2.5GB, but it'll be diminishing returns. Your next problem may be that you will run out of hard drive space (with only 160GB) if you fill it up with music and pictures.

catlou

Thanks!

Still got 64% free on my hard drive after 5 years! so quite a lot of space left there yet.

I'm leaning towards going for the 2GB from Mrmemory as I had sort of thought I was going to have to spend £35+ to get 1GB so for £43.50 I would get double that and realistically that's the most I'm going to put in this pc.

Also if this type of RAM is more expensive as it's older it's probably only going to get even dearer in the future if I ever wanted more! So I might as well get it now!

Sublime_2

I'm sure it will be worth it. You'll feel like you've got a new pc for very little outlay. One of the first upgrades I always have.