I want more Ram

NiftyDigits

Awww...I just had the phone in my hand....to suggest to you that you shouldn't begin such a thread just for the fun of it.
Next time, smacked hands.

silkyuk9

NiftyDigits wrote: »

Awww...I just had the phone in my hand....to suggest to you that you shouldn't begin such a thread just for the fun of it.
Next time, smacked hands.

Its not for fun my friend but I didnt expect everyone arguing over memory

NiftyDigits

silkyuk9 wrote: »

Its not for fun my friend but I didnt expect everyone arguing over memory

No one was arguing over memory. This issue was the Crucial Tool. But some got confused.

So, to repeat, there is or was no argument about the memory. So no excuse not to purchase any of the choices posted.
Have you noticed that the 'arguments' have stopped?
That's because the was the realisation that in fact there was no argument about the RAM itself.

The Crucial Tool does not tell you what you have onboard, but only what they have to sell that is compatible.

Johnmcl7

silkyuk9 wrote: »

I think ill just soldier on what ive got for the time being, its causing too much stress and no positivities

Is it Windows 7 you're running? Assuming that's the case, you should have a look at task manager to see how much memory you're using which will determine if it's worth buying more. To open Task Manager either right click an empty spot on the taskbar and choose Task Manager or press Ctrl + Alt + Del and click Start Task Manager. The default view should be a list of your applications, click the fourth tab 'Performance' and look at the second set of figures labelled Memory and Physical Memory Usage History plus at the bottom right you should see a percentage for Physical Memory.

In normal use, Windows Vista/7/8 will try and use as much of the available memory as possible to make good use of the ram and they'll release it when other applications need it so it's not an issue if you're seeing 70%-80% ram usage. However if you're using up almost all of the ram or more than the 1.5GB you have available then it's definitely worth getting more ram.

Unless you're using particularly memory hungry applications I think you'd be fine with just another 2GB memory to bring you up to 4GB total (3.5GB usable), that's what I have on my general use machines and they all run well.

In terms of where to buy it I prefer to stick with bigger retailers with a decent returns policy as faulty ram can be an annoyance as it can cause your computer to randomly crash so you want to be able to get it sorted promptly and without issue.

John

silkyuk9

NiftyDigits wrote: »

No one was arguing over memory. This issue was the Crucial Tool. But some got confused.

So, to repeat, there is or was no argument about the memory. So no excuse not to purchase any of the choices posted.
Have you noticed that the 'arguments' have stopped?
That's because the was the realisation that in fact there was no argument about the RAM itself.

The Crucial Tool does not tell you what you have onboard, but only what they have to sell that is compatible.

Thank you for explaining that. Now is this 'crucial' site the best option?

silkyuk9

Johnmcl7 wrote: »

Is it Windows 7 you're running? Assuming that's the case, you should have a look at task manager to see how much memory you're using which will determine if it's worth buying more. To open Task Manager either right click an empty spot on the taskbar and choose Task Manager or press Ctrl + Alt + Del and click Start Task Manager. The default view should be a list of your applications, click the fourth tab 'Performance' and look at the second set of figures labelled Memory and Physical Memory Usage History plus at the bottom right you should see a percentage for Physical Memory.

In normal use, Windows Vista/7/8 will try and use as much of the available memory as possible to make good use of the ram and they'll release it when other applications need it so it's not an issue if you're seeing 70%-80% ram usage. However if you're using up almost all of the ram or more than the 1.5GB you have available then it's definitely worth getting more ram.

Unless you're using particularly memory hungry applications I think you'd be fine with just another 2GB memory to bring you up to 4GB total (3.5GB usable), that's what I have on my general use machines and they all run well.

In terms of where to buy it I prefer to stick with bigger retailers with a decent returns policy as faulty ram can be an annoyance as it can cause your computer to randomly crash so you want to be able to get it sorted promptly and without issue.

John

Thanks for that, this was the sort of answer I was looking for, btw im running windows 8

NiftyDigits

silkyuk9 wrote: »

Thank you for explaining that. Now is this 'crucial' site the best option?

If you are happy to pay the extra, you won't go wrong.

silkyuk9

NiftyDigits wrote: »

If you are happy to pay the extra, you won't go wrong.

Is there an alternative?

NiftyDigits

silkyuk9 wrote: »

Is there an alternative?

I linked to two. The choice is yours.

Johnmcl7

silkyuk9 wrote: »

Thanks for that, this was the sort of answer I was looking for, btw im running windows 8

I'm glad to be able to help you. The Windows 8 task manager is a bit different to the Windows 7 one so the steps are not quite the same, you can open task manager in the same way but you need to click the second tab labelled Performance and then on the column on the left, click Memory which should be the second one down.

You'll get more detailed information on the right although the bit where you click memory should show all you need, it shows the memory in use compared to the total amount available and what percent is in use. So on the machine I'm checking it's showing 1.5/3.9GB (38%) so that's obviously fine as it's not using much memory at the moment. In the main memory window I have 1.4GB showing for 'In Use' and 2.4GB Available.

So if yours is running at a high percentage with very little memory available (or none at all) then it's definitely worth putting a bit more memory in.

John