Help me pick out Ram.

[RobcioPL]

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...t&productCategoryId=cat01169&id=1061769820776

184-pin DDR dual in-line memory module (DIMM)

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...t&productCategoryId=cat01169&id=1061769820556

184-pin DDR DIMM

Thats the only difference in them two. But the price is different by $50, why is that?

 

[Sage]

Personally, I use Crucial, which has a wonderful "wizard" type thingie for selecting RAM. It's probably a little more expensive than other places, but so many people swear by it (as do I—recently bought a 1 GB stick from them, and it's worked wonderfully).

 

[Jmac279]

I pay $80 CAD for 512 MB of Kingston PC3200 ...

 

[Solid Fro]

Check pricegrabber.com and pricewatch.com before you buy, so you don't get ripped for paying too much.

 

[xAkirax2004]

Corsair XMS Series. 👍 Really good timings at a cheap price.

 

[RobcioPL]

Going from 480mb(actually its 512, but has 32mb intergrated graphics card) will i notice a difference with 992mb of ram?
A non name company, should still run the same, as a know one, right?

 

[VT]

Going from 480mb(actually its 512, but has 32mb intergrated graphics card) will i notice a difference with 992mb of ram?
A non name company, should still run the same, as a know one, right?

Its generally smarter to buy anything from a trusted company rather than a no name company. Example: would you buy a car made by Bic?

I don't use anything other than Kingston or Corsair RAM.

I upgraded from 512mb to 1024mb RAM in my laptop and haven't noticed very many benifits. The only upgrades that really affect the speed of the computer are the processor and the hard drive.

If your looking for a fix to make the computer faster, buy a faster rotating hard drive, like one from Western Digital's Raptor line.

 

[Jmac279]

A dedicated graphics card would probably improve speed quite a bit. I know I've noticed that in several cases (my GF's mom's computer, several friends, etc.)

Additional RAM won't really make a difference in speed unless you're exceeding the current memory capacity. In other words, if your applications are only using up 300 MB tops, it won't really make much of a difference if you have 512 MB, 1024 MB, or 3072 MB ...

 

[RobcioPL]

Please explain what ram really does.

 

[VT]

Please explain what ram really does.

CNET does a very good job of explaining it.

Basically, RAM is memory that the system uses to hold parts of whatever program is executing at the moment and is more often called system memory. RAM is volatile, which means that whenever you turn off the computer, whatever is being stored in it will be dumped or erased.