RAM upgrade

[ged]

hey, was just wondering.
i have quite an old desktop with 734Mhz intel pentium III processor, with 256MB RAM, running on windows xp pro.
will it make much of a difference to the speed if i were to upgrade to 512mb or 1gb RAM?

thanks

 

[b1gapl]

Yes you will notice the difference. Windows might load a bit faster. Also you will notice the system will run more smoothly. Applications such as word and such, will load faster too.

Welcome to TF!

 

[Unholy]

You should see some difference with the 512. I dont know if it would be worth the $$ to slap a gig in there, but its your money.

 

[b1gapl]

I agree with unholy on not really being worth it, to get a gig for an old computer. If you were going to spend 100+ on 1 gig of ram, you might as well get a new computer. But 512 is fine.

 

[ged]

thanks guys, i didnt think a gb would be necessary.
i opened up the computer to see what kind of RAM i should need and it seems to be SD RAM PC133, or at least the shape is the same as what ive got in there now.

I was thinking of getting something like this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....MEWA:IT&viewitem=&item=160063679846&rd=1&rd=1

not sure if this is right.

 

[b1gapl]

Yes that is right.

 

[ged]

nice one

thanks for the help, think ill make this my new first port of call for later technical difficulties.