 Where can I get 3 gigs of ram for cheap?, title says it all |
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 Jul 14 2009, 10:03 PM
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Litterer Group: Members Posts: 43 Joined: 9-August 08 From: Honkers Liberty City Member No.: 42,438  |
Im looking for more ram for my PC
I have a Dell Dimension E510, it only has 1 gig of ram, and I really like to play Flight Simulator X, and it is a CPU intensive game, people have told me that putting more ram into it will make it run faster, where can I get more ram for not much money? --------------------    |
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Jul 15 2009, 03:08 AM
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 My Penis, Your ass. Lets go.  Group: Gold Member Posts: 420 Joined: 2-August 04 From: Virginia Beach Member No.: 14 |
how many slots do you have? If you have only two slots then you'll need to get two 2 gig ramerificatiors....
google it. thats your best bet. Also, unless your running windows vista 64 bit you can only use 2gb ram in that computer because it requires matching ram according to Dell which means you must have 2 512mb sticks in there now if you only have windows 32 bit then your gonna have to go with 2 gigs (unless the PC has 4 ram slots) if you have windows 64 bit and want 4 gigs... http://www.nextag.com/Kingston-4GB-667MHZ-...7C6B195FCAC46FE This post has been edited by Qdeathstar: Jul 15 2009, 03:12 AM --------------------  Seether - Country Song Download Now QUOTE (Massacre @ Aug 26 2010, 04:28 PM)  I've found it's impossible to be more human than human. Inhuman, however, is easy.   |
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Jul 15 2009, 09:16 AM
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 Still Standing Group: Gold Member Posts: 1,433 Joined: 3-August 04 From: London, England Member No.: 439 PSN Name: BushkaUK |
Do you even know what type of DDR Ram you need? Aria is cheap for computer components.
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Jul 15 2009, 12:32 PM
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My Penis, Your ass. Lets go. Group: Gold Member Posts: 420 Joined: 2-August 04 From: Virginia Beach Member No.: 14 |
from the PC he has, google says DDR 2
-------------------- Seether - Country Song Download Now QUOTE (Massacre @ Aug 26 2010, 04:28 PM) I've found it's impossible to be more human than human. Inhuman, however, is easy. |
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Jul 15 2009, 03:20 PM
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Litterer Group: Members Posts: 43 Joined: 9-August 08 From: Honkers Liberty City Member No.: 42,438 |
since this is a CPU intensive game, what would be better? getting more ram and graphics card and/or replace the motherboard with better outfittings, or just buy a new computer with my specs?
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Jul 15 2009, 03:36 PM
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 Boss Group: Gold Member Posts: 1,285 Joined: 6-May 08 Member No.: 40,397 |
I'd go for a new computer.
Otherwise, go with the (2) 2GB sticks.  |
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Jul 15 2009, 10:53 PM
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My Penis, Your ass. Lets go. Group: Gold Member Posts: 420 Joined: 2-August 04 From: Virginia Beach Member No.: 14 |
new pc probably...
-------------------- Seether - Country Song Download Now QUOTE (Massacre @ Aug 26 2010, 04:28 PM) I've found it's impossible to be more human than human. Inhuman, however, is easy. |
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Jul 19 2009, 12:14 AM
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 Upstanding Citizen Group: Members Posts: 0 Joined: 7-January 07 From: NYC Member No.: 34,440 |
Judging by your specs in the Dell Documentation, you are probably running windows XP. As Qdeathstar pointed out, XP can't recognize more than 2... maaaaybe 3 GB max. Besides that, I don't think upgrading your RAM alone will get you the performance you're looking for. A pentium 4 doesn't fair too well against the CPUs available now. More important that that, you have onboard video which is not good at all for gaming. Flight simulator is CPU and graphics intensive. You are better off getting a new PC. Mainly because you would pretty much have to replace everything in the PC anyway. Secondly, you only have a 304 watt power supply, which I doubt will be able to support a new motherboard, beefed up CPU, graphics card, and extra RAM.
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Jul 19 2009, 12:17 AM
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 Clepto  Group: Members Posts: 154 Joined: 21-August 04 From: Muscle Shoals, Alabama Member No.: 908 XBL Gamertag: IanCredible988 |
Whoa whoa, is that why when I downgraded from Vista, my PC went from a 4gig max to a 2gig.
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Jul 19 2009, 02:30 AM
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Bukkake?  Group: Princess Posts: 164 Joined: 17-February 08 From: United States. Member No.: 38,555 XBL Gamertag: ConQueSteD TZA PSN Name: ConQueSteD |
QUOTE(TwoFacedTanner @ Jul 18 2009, 08:17 PM) [snapback]1513572[/snapback] Whoa whoa, is that why when I downgraded from Vista, my PC went from a 4gig max to a 2gig. Damn. If i was you i'd reupgrade. other wise that other 2gb of ram is wasted. --------------------   |
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Jul 20 2009, 10:00 PM
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My Penis, Your ass. Lets go. Group: Gold Member Posts: 420 Joined: 2-August 04 From: Virginia Beach Member No.: 14 |
you need to upgrade to vista 64bit to be able to use >3 gigs.
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