Bengals1181 Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Is there a website where you can find out if your computer memory has to be installed in pairs, or do I just have to google it and see what I can find? Want to upgrade my computer memory, but don't want to screw it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 [url="http://www.4allmemory.com/"]4 All Memory[/url] and [url="http://www.crucial.com/"]Crucial[/url] both have scanners that will look at your system and tell you exactly what you need. As a general rule I still try to install memory in pairs as it is easier and heads off a lot of potentially vexing problems, though it's not nearly as critical as it used to be... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted January 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 thanks. I had used the advisor tool in that Crucial link the other day to find the memory I wanted, but not the scanner one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted January 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 can't wait to see what an extra GB of memory does to my system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 [quote name='Bengals1181' timestamp='1294090814' post='957033'] can't wait to see what an extra GB of memory does to my system. [/quote] Usually [b]good[/b] things... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted January 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 [quote name='Elflocko' timestamp='1294090969' post='957035'] Usually [b]good[/b] things... [/quote] haha this is true. I only have 1GB right now and Vista is hogging 3/4th's of it. Drooling over having an extra GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 [quote name='Bengals1181' timestamp='1294091080' post='957036'] haha this is true. I only have 1GB right now and [b]Vista[/b] is hogging 3/4th's of it. Drooling over having an extra GB. [/quote] Ugh... I never got Vista to run worth a shit with less than 4GB (which required a 64-bit install) but that should help. Memory mgmt is one of the many things they fixed in W7... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted January 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 yea my brother encouraged me to go to W7. I actually haven't minded Vista for the most part. Typically my computer doesn't run slow (for my tastes), but has been lagging a little lately. So I took advantage of some Best Buy gift cards to upgrade. Won't lie, I partially did it because my computer doesn't play Go's game rewind .mp4's that well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 [quote name='Bengals1181' timestamp='1294092001' post='957044'] yea my brother encouraged me to go to W7. I actually haven't minded Vista for the most part. Typically my computer doesn't run slow (for my tastes), but has been lagging a little lately. So I took advantage of some Best Buy gift cards to upgrade. Won't lie, I partially did it because my computer doesn't play Go's game rewind .mp4's that well. [/quote] in the future newegg probably has 4gb ram for $100-120... but youll only need to add 2gb more.. a stick of 2gb is likely $50-60... would be a WORLD of difference.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted January 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 [quote name='GoBengals' timestamp='1294093997' post='957072'] in the future newegg probably has 4gb ram for $100-120... but youll only need to add 2gb more.. a stick of 2gb is likely $50-60... would be a WORLD of difference.. [/quote] yea I thought about going with 4GB but I think I'll be happy with 2. The ones I bought were even $4-$5 cheaper on Crucial's website, but it was a matter of having Best Buy gift cards to use. Probably wouldn't be upgrading without them. I don't hate my current speed, but will be happy with an upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 yea, youll notice a difference for sure.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 I would almost say 4GB is the minimum for decent performance on any windws OS Vista + Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 [quote name='Ben' timestamp='1294096722' post='957116'] I would almost say 4GB is the minimum for decent performance on any windws OS Vista + [/quote] only if he has a 64 bit system, which considering it came with 1gb, im going to say it isnt.. so anything over 4gb would be unused... but yea id i was running windows i would go with 6gb minimum for my geek needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted January 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 [quote]Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) [b]64 [/b]X2 Dual Core Processor 3600+, 1900 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)[/quote] is that the same as 64-bit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 [quote name='Bengals1181' timestamp='1294101456' post='957165'] is that the same as 64-bit? [/quote] That's your CPU, which is capable of running a 64-bit OS. You can find out if your OS is 64-bit by right-clicking on Computer and going to Properties. In the window that pops up look under System, and to the right of System type it will say whether it is 32 or 64 bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted January 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 [quote name='Bengals1181' timestamp='1294101879' post='957171'] 32 [/quote] Yeah, any more than 3GB of memory would be wasted on that system... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted January 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 then I'm glad I decided not to go with the 4GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 [quote name='Elflocko' timestamp='1294102074' post='957173'] Yeah, any more than 3GB of memory would be wasted on that system... [/quote] this was always a debate when i had vista, that in 32 bit 4gb was used but some nonsense about the 32 bt doesnt show it but sets it aside for system process/resources or something.. i had moved to 64 bit at that point so never paid much attention.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 [quote name='GoBengals' timestamp='1294110126' post='957297'] this was always a debate when i had vista, that in 32 bit 4gb was used but some nonsense about the 32 bt doesnt show it but sets it aside for system process/resources or something.. i had moved to 64 bit at that point so never paid much attention.. [/quote] A 32-bit OS can only utilize\recognize 3GB of memory (linux with a particular kernel extension excluded) so anything above 3GB is useless window dressing. {Insert glaze-inducing mathematics here} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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