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Vetle OP
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Hey everyone.
I Decided to upgrade my PC and increase my RAM but...
I just want to know know how much RAM i can put into my PC?

I kinda suck at computers. I'm not a geek.
Can someone help me?

Heres my CPU if this helps..
Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.66GHz

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Who the heck said 32bit = 4gb of RAM? That's ridiculous.
Anyway, your computer can accept 2 GB of RAM, and has 2 slots for it. You already have atleast 1 of those taken by the RAM stick[s] in there right now. If it's a 512mb (1 half of a GB) then you'll need two buy 2 1gb sticks (1 to put in the new slot, and 1 to replace the old one with) to get the full 2gb available. If it's a 1gb stick in there already, then you'll only have to buy another.

When shopping for RAM, you want to buy DDR 184-Pin Unbuffered RAM. This is the only type compatible with your computer. Unbuffered is sometimes represented as -U. You can search for this term exactly; "DDR 184-Pin Unbuffered RAM".

Here: I even did it for you here. (Don't worry if it's 'for Dell' or 'for HP'. It doesn't matter.)

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@PartyPooPer, just because your system is 32-bit and can hold 4GB of RAM doesn't mean that all 32-bit systems can, or that every system that holds 4GB of RAM is 32-bit.

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You need to know what RAM model and type the sticks have first. Then you can proceed from there knowing which model and type you're going for in order to finally upgrade to something better that has just the right model and type but also with the highest possible amount of RAM you can place inside your PC. Hope that answers your question.

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user KimKat has written
You need to know what RAM model and type the sticks have first. Then you can proceed from there knowing which model and type you're going for in order to finally upgrade to something better that has just the right model and type but also with the highest possible amount of RAM you can place inside your PC. Hope that answers your question.

I covered that, 184-pin DDR-U

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Also depends what OS your using. XP can USE a maximum of 2 gigs, Vista can USE a maximum of 4 gigs, and Windows 7 i think can USE a maximum of 6 gigs. Go ahead and add in more, but your computer isn't going to use the extra amount. Like don't bother adding 4 gigs of RAM for XP, it will only use 2 gigs.

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I bought 2x1gb ddr400 today it cost me about 40Euros (not much) and works fine now i got 2gb in my pc. Bloodshot was right i needed 184 pin ;p


@Terrorized666 My friend has 4gb ram on windows xp.
It's working fine for him.
edited 1×, last 23.06.11 01:16:19 pm

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@Vetle and PPP:
It can work, but it will probably not be worth the extra cost because XP itself uses very little memory and unless you are doing some seriously memory intensive processes. ( eg. large [ I mean REALY large here ], 3D sandbox rendering/loading ) it is not really neccisary.
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