Upgrading RAM

thescouselander

KillerWatt wrote: »

I was under the impression this was a money saving site, and as the OP won't see a blind bit of difference by adding extra RAM then it's simply a waste of money.

I have to disagree - more RAM is usually one of the best upgrades you can do especially if you run a lot of programmes simultaneously or if you leave more than one user logged on.

MarkBargain

Wouldn't the main problem with a 3-year-old laptop be the processor speed? What processor has it got and how many points does it have on https://www.cpubenchmark.net?

KillerWatt

thescouselander wrote: »

I have to disagree - more RAM is usually one of the best upgrades you can do especially if you run a lot of programmes simultaneously or if you leave more than one user logged on.

That's all well & good if the OS and installed applications are going to take advantage of it, right now the OP is just about hitting 50% of the 2GB he or she has installed.

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post a hijackthis log

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2436849

rather than combine the 2 partitions, you could just move your data from c to d

cit_k

Surely, even if they are not going to be using the full 4 gig, if they currently have a 2 gig simm in, and put another identical one in, then it will be operating in dual channel mode which would give some (albiet minor usually) speed improvement, regardless of how much of the ram is actually used.

Of course, speedwise, it could be cheaper to look at a better processor.

thescouselander

KillerWatt wrote: »

That's all well & good if the OS and installed applications are going to take advantage of it, right now the OP is just about hitting 50% of the 2GB he or she has installed.

Thats not really a good indicator - its better to look at the page file usage. Windows will likely use the page file less if there's more RAM which will give better performance.

Hammyman

MarkBargain wrote: »

Wouldn't the main problem with a 3-year-old laptop be the processor speed? [/url]

No. Any CPU made in the last 3 years other than asthmatic netbook ones is sufficient.

asbokid

relic wrote: »

Regardless, this person wants to upgrade the amount of RAM in his laptop, not to have someone else tell him he has more than enough for whatever he could possibly want to do. Not true.

SurreyBear is a chick. :eek:

macman

The OP's problem is surely not 2GB of RAM, but a C partition that is 95% full.
You need more like 15% free space to make that machine run smoothly, so removal of data and/or programs should be the first step.

SurreyBear

macman wrote: »

The OP's problem is surely not 2GB of RAM, but a C partition that is 95% full.
You need more like 15% free space to make that machine run smoothly, so removal of data and/or programs should be the first step.

Thanks for the advice. I will get the partition sorted and see if it makes a difference before getting a RAM ugrade.