Can anyone recommend where to buy ram?

fjeer

DON'T BUY HIGH DENSITY RAM!!!!!!!

FunkyGiraffe and FastMemoryMan on ebay are two people who sell this rubbish.

It's cheaper for a good reason, it's 10% compatible, and it's slow. It's usually made from factory rejects.

Make sure you get Low Density. Crucial, Kingston, anything like that.

dosh

Another Crucial fan.

Odered 4GB RAM online from Crucial, arrived next day.

Cost £63.98 including ESD wriststrap and postage.

Excellent service.

chunter

Another vote for crucial.
Bought from them many times.
No problems- ever.

Oddly, I find play.com is reasonably cheap for memory.
If you know exactly what you need.

Donnie

I think that you'll find that they all, including Crucial, sell High Density memory, as well as Low Density memory. Funky Giraffe also sell low density memory. Send an email to them first confirming your spec.

weegie.geek

Bear in mind that if you're running the 32-bit version of XP (or any other OS) you'll be limited to less than 4GB of ram, depending on what hardware you're running. You'll probably be looking at less than 3.5GB of actual usable ram.

travel_freak

Hi,

I've had lots of fun and games over the last couple of days with an infected file and slow pc. Thanks to advice from this trusty site I've discovered my desktop has only about 195mb of RAM which I'm told is very low.

To be honest until the recent problems it has suited me fine but on the other hand if I could add some memory easily and cheaply maybe this would be a good idea.

It is a Packard Bell desktop with Celeron D processor and is running Windows XP. I don't play games on it and don't really download much - occasional audio files.

I saw above someone referring to a memory stick - I wouldn't feel too comfortable opening up the tower to install something, unless this was very simple - but can you actually just get a USB stick with extra memory on it? Apols if this is a stupid question .

Also how much memory should I add, given that I was reasonly happy with the amount it has currently - can you buy extra memory in different sizes?

All tips gratefully received.

Many thanks in advance.

Regards,

fwor

travel_freak wrote: »

I saw above someone referring to a memory stick - I wouldn't feel too comfortable opening up the tower to install something, unless this was very simple - but can you actually just get a USB stick with extra memory on it?

No, not with XP. And flash memory is really slow anyway compared to proper computer memory. The reference was to a "stick of memory", not a "memory stick" - the former being a memory module that you plug into the PC motherboard.

Of course you can use a USB memory stick to store things on, but it won't be used by Windows as "working memory".

Adding extra memory to the motherboard isn't hard to do - from what you say, 1Gb should be plenty, half of that would probably be adequate.

Mr_Mister

fjeer wrote: »

DON'T BUY HIGH DENSITY RAM!!!!!!!

FunkyGiraffe and FastMemoryMan on ebay are two people who sell this rubbish.

It's cheaper for a good reason, it's 10% compatible, and it's slow. It's usually made from factory rejects.

Make sure you get Low Density. Crucial, Kingston, anything like that.

This is the type I need. How can I tell if its High or Low Density I need?

Module Size: 2GB kit (1GBx2)
Package: 184-pin DIMM
Feature: DDR PC3200
Specs: DDR PC3200 • CL=3 • Unbuffered • NON-ECC • DDR400 • 2.6V • 128Meg x 64

isofa

Brought plenty of RAM from Crucial - all has been excellent and a great service.

Also got some great bargains from BlueAnteater's memory shop on eBay, another recommendation there. Never had a problem mixing ECC and non-ECC in Dell machines, always worked a treat. Half the price of Crucial for some older unusual RAM. And a very knowledgeable guy, will help you out with the exact spec.

Watch out for other suppliers (and dodgy eBay sellers), you don't know what you are getting.

travel_freak

fwor wrote: »

Adding extra memory to the motherboard isn't hard to do - from what you say, 1Gb should be plenty, half of that would probably be adequate.

Thanks fwor - I thought I might have misunderstood that!

Is there any where I could look for an idiot's guide to where to put the memory inside the tower and is it a case of just simply slotting it in.

Thanks again.