Ram for my comp?

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  1. 3085

    3085 Regular member

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    I dont know if this is the right place to as this but im gunna ne ways ...My computer has been going kinda slow and i know it need more room so i wanna get more ram but i dont know anything about them i use limewire and that takes upa lot of room and i just wanna b able to have enough room to have limewire and i wanna b able 2 surf the internet and i want to put my game counter strike on last time it took up to much room so i had 2 take it off so can ne 1 help me decide what kind of ram to get and how much i will probably need THANKS!!!!
     
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    You don't need ram you need a hard drive if you want more space.
     
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    im a real newbie at all this computer stuff so if if i want more room on my computer i get a hrd drive
     
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    We need more info. How much ram and what kind are you running now? What size hard drive do you now have and what motherboard does your system have. If nothing else what system do you have Dell, HP or whatever and the model number?
     
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    Yes ram allows you to run more programs at once, makes games load up a bit faster and improves the general speed of the computer. It does not give you any more space to store anything.

    For that you would need to be looking at a hard drive. These are measured in gigabytes (or megabytes if they are reeeealy old) and you probably want to be looking at 40 - 80 gigabytes for a reasonable but cheap solution to your lack of space. They also come in various speeds, the faster they are the more you pay ofcourse and also come in different types such as sata or ide, of which you will need to make sure the one you buy is compatible with the connections on your pc's motherboard, older computers generally use ide and newer will support both sata and ide connections.
     
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    does anyone know where i can buy laptop memory online for a decent price? SODIMM pc 2700 512mb module in canada preferably.
     
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