Hello to all i just needed a little advice on puchasing a new pc for our home we currently have a dell dimension DIM 2400 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4CPU 2.636GHz 2.66GHz, 256MB of ram w/ XP home edition version 2002 SP2 i know that i am out of memory , my computer is extremly slow i have to constantly do scans and defrags to keep it moving and i am getting very fustrated i am not sure if i would benefit from adding memory to this current PC or just buying a new one with updated programs and more memory our computer is used for kids school help,internet surfing mainly, and i work with family photos in which i was told that by storing by photos on USB Flash drives would help free up my computer and may not bog it down as much so just looking for opinions here and if i was to buy a new PC, what is a recommended amount of memory and hard drive to keep from this happening again, if i buy i never want to go through this slow pc stuff again because of lack of memory thanks for the help
Bump up your RAM first. You are running a very minimal amount of RAM and probably swapping out to the HDD so much that your system is choking. Specs for your system: Standard Memory: 128 MB (Removable) Maximum Memory: 2 GB Expansion: 2 Sockets CPU & ChipSet: Intel Pentium 4 Intel 845GV Intel Celeron Intel 845GV My sister-in-law has the same system running 384MB of RAM and it was "dog slow". I shopped and was able to find 2GB (2 x 1GB) of PC-3200 (DDR400) RAM, the same type as your computer uses, for $19.95 after rebate. Your computer isn't that slow, but is choking from lack or RAM. I did a quick check at Newegg. Cheapest right now is 44.99 after rebate, but periodically you can find it for less. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145579
so i can go from 256mb of ram to 2 gb on my computer can i do this myself or should i have someone else is it difficult i was told that i was just a matter of adding the chips in and if i got 2 1gb chips then i assume that the 256mb chip would be removed and no longer used will i loose anything that is on my computer?
so i can go from 256mb of ram to 2 gb on my computer -->YES can i do this myself or should i have someone else -->You can do it yourself is it difficult -->On a Dell it should be realtively easy i was told that i was just a matter of adding the chips in and if i got 2 1gb chips then i assume that the 256mb chip would be removed and no longer used -->Yes, you would remove the 1 x 256 or 2 x 128 and replace them with the 2 x 1GB will i loose anything that is on my computer? -->No
ok great thanks for all of your help i will start looking into it asap cause this slow pc is killing me i will be intouch if i have any future ?'s
