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Upgrading the Ram worth it?

post #1 of 8
11/7/05 at 2:54pm
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Well, I have the "old school" Area 51m 5500/766 currently with 1gig of ram. I am considering adding another stick of ram to make it 2 gig.

My question is: Is it going to make that big of a difference to add the 1gig of ram when playing games? Will it be smoother? Better perfomance? Any input would be appreciated.

...and, where can i buy it from?
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post #2 of 8
11/7/05 at 4:32pm
You will notice a difference on some of the games that are heavy on Ram usage, such as Battlefield 2,but you wont on games like CS:Source
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post #3 of 8
11/7/05 at 5:15pm
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Yeah, I am mainly worried about WoW because thats the game I mainly play. Any idea of where I could buy the ram?
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post #4 of 8
11/7/05 at 5:43pm
try either one of these 2 im sure you can get your ram from them:
www.newegg.com or http://www.crucial.com/store/listmfgr.asp?cat=RAM
this is the link of the 1gig for your computer which i think should work fine:
http://www.crucial.com/store/partspe...LE=CT12864Z40B
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post #5 of 8
11/7/05 at 5:43pm
Try NewEgg. Pull of the bottom panel and get the make and manufacturer of your memory so you can get one that is compatible.
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post #6 of 8
11/7/05 at 7:50pm
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I just talked to tech support and they told me that since I purchased my laptop with 1 gig of RAM, it came in 2 dim so if i want to upgarde to 2 gig of ram, I would have two by two sticks of 1gig each
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post #7 of 8
11/7/05 at 8:19pm
So you have 2x512? You could try finding someone around here with a 5500 who wants to upgrade to a gig of ram and then buy two sticks. They are not that much, you could get 2gb for less than 200.00.
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post #8 of 8
11/8/05 at 12:52am
oh...i was going to tell you to get the two 1 gig sticks and have 3 gig, but I just realized you have the 5500 not the 7700
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