Is it worth me getting some more RAM? My pc is built out of old bits of stuff that were laying around the house and is very temperamental and VERY slow.


Windows: Windows XP5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2180
Memory (RAM): 256 MB
CPU Info: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1800+
CPU Speed: 1525.9 MHz
Sound card: C-Media Wave Device
Display Adapters: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X | NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X | NetMeeting driver | RDPDD Chained DD |
Screen Resolution: 1024 X 768
Network: Network Present
Network Adapters: Compaq NC3120 Fast Ethernet NIC - Packet Scheduler Miniport |
CD / DVD Drives: E: SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-252F | F: SONY CD-RW CRX320E |
Default Printer: EPSON Stylus C62 Series
COM Ports: COM4 | COM1 | COM2 |
LPT Ports: LPT1
Mouse: 4 Button Wheel Mouse Present
Hard Disks: C: 37.3GB | D: 37.3GB |
Hard Disks - Free: C: 5.1GB | D: 16.9GB |
USB Controllers: Detected: 2 host controllers.
Firewire (1394): Not Detected
PCMCIA (Laptops): Not Installed
Manufacturer: American Megatrends Inc.
Product Make: K7S5A
Serial Number: 00000000
AC Power Status: OnLine
BIOS Info: AT/AT COMPATIBLE | 10/29/02 | AMIINT - 1000 | |
Time Zone: GMT Standard Time
Battery: No Battery

Youre pc would benefit from adding atleast another 256mb for sure. And going to 1gb would also not be a waste of money.

How will I find out what sort to get? I can turn it off and take the other RAM out and write down the info I suppose, but I have had booting problems for ages and am scared to turn it off. (Suppose I will have to risk it sooner or later as I will have to turn it off to install the RAM anyway.)

Have a look here and let it scan youre ram , it will tell you what ram you can use:

http://www.crucial.com/systemscanner/

Thanks for that. Here is my scan result. Does that mean the one they suggest can be used with the RAM that I already have in?

Yup , that should work just fine.


PS, you dont have to buy it from them ofcourse , you can also take the info and buy elswhere.