We're aware that some users are experiencing technical issues which the team are working to resolve. Thank you for your patience.
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

Extra RAM

Options
flyer
flyer Posts: 2,279 Forumite
Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
Hi all. Non techie here! I have a Dell Vostro 3268 desktop which only has 4GM of RAM and is now running very slowly. There is another slot to add RAM but I'm not sure what I need to buy. The one in the slot says 1Rx16   PC4  2400T. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
«1

Comments

  • I've used this site (succesfully). Competitive and great service when I upgraded RAM a year or so ago.  The online chat was good too.

    I'm new so cant post the link but Google crucial RAM upgrade.
  • MattMattMattUK
    MattMattMattUK Posts: 11,105 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Fourth Anniversary Name Dropper
    You could use the below to check what RAM to use, you can upgrade to 8GB or 16GB total on that model. 

    https://uk.crucial.com/upgrades

    That being said you might find that the issue is also the rest of the components, having being shipped with only 4GB that would indicate that by today's standards the the machine could be very underpowered. What are the rest of the specs, they seem to have come with a bunch of processors in the i3 and i5 4th, 5th and 6th generation, together with hard drives rather than SSDs etc. It may be time to upgrade the whole machine. 

  • Ozzig
    Ozzig Posts: 367 Forumite
    Third Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper
    Another vote for Crucial here, used them a few times over the years and the memory has always worked first time and never had any fail.
  • facade
    facade Posts: 7,560 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 21 June 2023 at 11:36AM
    Just put " 4gb 1Rx16   PC4  2400T" into eBay and buy another identical 4gb stick for around £7.

    Make sure you get the long stick for a desktop, not the short one for a laptop.

    Don't spend more than a few pounds, as it will be dead money, you won't use it in a more modern replacement machine.

    What you can spend money on is a new SSD to replace the existing hard drive. That will speed it up and you can transfer it to any new machine.


    It may even be the old hard drive starting to fail that is causing the slowdown, no-one ever believes me, but I've had a couple of machines pretty much grind to a halt because a hdd was starting to fail.


    I want to go back to The Olden Days, when every single thing that I can think of was better.....

    (except air quality and Medical Science ;))
  • Newcad
    Newcad Posts: 1,751 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Second Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 21 June 2023 at 12:58PM
    I find Crucial to be expensive, I usuallly get RAM from here: https://www.mrmemory.co.uk/memory-ram-products/range/
    I'd also say change the drive to an SSD before spending on RAM though.
    Both my current laptops only have 4GB RAM in each, and both work acceptably as far as speed goes with Win10 22H2.
    The older one (a 10 year old Toshiba Tecra M9) was running pretty slow even after I'd upgraded it to the max 4GB RAM that it will take, but then swaping the drive to a SSD made a vast difference. It was the old, slow, drive that was slowing everything down.

  • facade
    facade Posts: 7,560 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Sorry, maybe I wasn't very clear.

    I suggest spending £7 on another 4GB of RAM now certainly, it will have an effect on speed and how well windows runs.

    Then I'd look at replacing the HDD with an SSD, the Vostro probably came with a 1TB HDD, a 1TB Samsung SSD is about £70 and comes with a download of software to clone your existing drive.

    (Don't buy crucial MX SSDs)
    I want to go back to The Olden Days, when every single thing that I can think of was better.....

    (except air quality and Medical Science ;))
  • Ozzig
    Ozzig Posts: 367 Forumite
    Third Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper
    facade said:


    (Don't buy crucial MX SSDs)
    Can I ask why ?
  • facade
    facade Posts: 7,560 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Ozzig said:
    facade said:


    (Don't buy crucial MX SSDs)
    Can I ask why ?

    There is a problem with the remaining lifetime reducing very rapidly when using windows 10.

    I have several, and I stopped using them as system drives, I've left the ones in my laptops as they get little use, but the PC is on 24/7

    One is down to 64% life remaining after only 3304 hours (wear levelling count 545)
    another is down to 78% after 2965 hours (WLC 326)

    By contrast, the replacement samsung still shows 99% after 3361 hours (WLC 17)


    Research on t'interweb concluded it was something to do with the high wear levelling counts indicating they are performing unnecessary writes, but no-one knew what triggers it.

    Frightening to watch the remaining life count down more than 1% a week!




    I want to go back to The Olden Days, when every single thing that I can think of was better.....

    (except air quality and Medical Science ;))
  • Ozzig
    Ozzig Posts: 367 Forumite
    Third Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper
    Flippin' eck ! Off to check mine :neutral:
  • Ozzig
    Ozzig Posts: 367 Forumite
    Third Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper
    Ozzig said:
    Flippin' eck ! Off to check mine :neutral:




    Am I looking at the right thing ? Should I be panicing yet ?
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 350.7K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 453.4K Spending & Discounts
  • 243.7K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 598.4K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 176.8K Life & Family
  • 256.9K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.1K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.6K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.