Adding ram to your computer?

[Envilid]

Ok I know how to install ram and all that good stuff, but how can I upgrade to a different amount of slots or get an external drive thing that runs more ram from the outside.

Basically I need to know what to buy to upgrade the amount of ram slots I have, because I have a few spare sticks and I would rather not have to buy sticks that just have more ram on them.

[ishkur88]

you really cant just 'add' ram slots. if you have Vista you can try and run a regular USB drive as a 'ReadyBoost!' addon.

Another option is to get another motherboard, but you rarely get a board that has more than 4 slots for RAM, if you get lucky you might somehow get one that has 6, but there's another issue with that.

32 bit operating systems dont really support more than 3 gigs of ram... so having 16 in there might not really do you any good.

[freetibet]

you really cant just 'add' ram slots. if you have Vista you can try and run a regular USB drive as a 'ReadyBoost!' addon.

Another option is to get another motherboard, but you rarely get a board that has more than 4 slots for RAM, if you get lucky you might somehow get one that has 6, but there's another issue with that.

32 bit operating systems dont really support more than 3 gigs of ram... so having 16 in there might not really do you any good.

i have vista... what's this readyboost thing you speak of?

ReadyBoost - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReadyBoost)

is this it? because i reeeeeeally need to make my computer faster. i couldn't find anything on bestbuy.com about ready boost but i found this SanDisk 4GB Cruzer Titanium USB Flash Drive ReadyBoost - eBay (item 300234666804 end time Jun-24-08 20:14:39 PDT) (http://cgi.ebay.com/SanDisk-4GB-Cruzer-Titanium-USB-Flash-Drive-ReadyBoost_W0QQitemZ300234666804QQihZ020QQcategory Z51071QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) on ebay

ty in advance

[ishkur88]

yeah, that's what ReadyBoost is, and that drive would work out for what you're wanting to do. you can get an 8Gb one from BestBuy for $44.

[freetibet]

aight i'll try it out thanks

[iZen]

Windows Vista 32-Bit can only read 3gb of RAM and 64-bit can read up to 128gb of RAM. If you want to upgrade your RAM past 3gb, you NEED to have a 64-bit OS. RAM comes in sticks up to 4gb each. So if you really want to go all out buy a Motherboard with 4 240-pin memory slots and DDR2 800 as the memory speed standard. right there you can have 16gb of RAM. You can get a mobo like that pretty cheap.

[scr34mhaxxor]

Windows Vista 32-Bit can only read 3gb of RAM and 64-bit can read up to 128gb of RAM. If you want to upgrade your RAM past 3gb, you NEED to have a 64-bit OS. RAM comes in sticks up to 4gb each. So if you really want to go all out buy a Motherboard with 4 240-pin memory slots and DDR2 800 as the memory speed standard. right there you can have 16gb of RAM. You can get a mobo like that pretty cheap.
Dude 128Gb of ram...no 64bit supports 16gbs of ram not 128 thats insane and vista 64 is not a server OS. so no need for 128. and vista 32bit supports 4gbs of ram not 3 i know because i am using it to type this message. but anyway RAM wont actually make your computer much faster unless you run alot of background processes. What RAM does in lamens terms is lets you opperate more processes at the same time without your processor having to jump back and forth. If your running just the OS and all the basic background processes that come with the OS, and drivers. Then 2-3 Gbs of ram should be plenty. But if your running a bunch of background processes like VOIP, Virus Protection, Sidebar, Aero, Dreamscenes Ect. then you will need to max it out with 4gb of ram if your running 32bit and at least 8 if your running 64bit. not to mention upgrade your processor. Going from single to dual core takes quite the workload off of your processor and is more sufficient..If your already running a dual or quad core then well RAM is your answer. That is if you havent loaded your hard drive with viruses and thats not your problem..also if your using XP...no IDE(ATA-133) HDD over 127gb because that will cause your OS to become corrupt and you will have major performance issues no matter what your hardware specs...anyway. good luck. and like the guy said in post number 2. virtual memory...or speed boost.lol...vista is funny.

[slowz]

I sure hope all the max ram is pointed to the M$ OS, Im not sure of the max with out looking it up but i do know centos 64 supports upto 1TB ram and 32GB of a 32bit