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Quick question about ram
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 11:51 am
by narcossist
I've got a 4yr old dell dimenson which has 512k of ram in one slot, badly need to get another 512 but i guess theres a few different types so do i need to find out what type n get the same or is there a standard...money is pretty precious right now so i don't wanna get stuck wit summat that doesn't work.
sorry if that sounds stupid, i know shit all about pc hardware but i figure a few of you might. thanks.
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:31 pm
by metalboxproducts
I use a mac and the places i've been to (on the net) to buy ram have functions where you can give the info about what mac you have and it will then tell you what ram is appropriate and how much you can put in the machine. It's really easy. I would imagine there is something like this for pc's but, not using one i can't be sure...I'll have a scout around for you and if i find a place like this for pc's i'll leave the link....
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:39 pm
by metalboxproducts
I've used these guys before and i would highly recomend them. I ordered the ram on a friday afternoon and it came at 8am the next day.... These are the people that have the functions a was taling about...
LINK
http://www.crucial.com/uk/?gclid=CK62kq ... MAodEl6ZQA
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 1:25 pm
by foamo
how bad is your 512 PC>.. what can it handle etc?
cos im thinkin of buying my mates P4 2.8 512ram to use with ableton..
how much can you build a tune til it starts playin up?
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 2:43 pm
by narcossist
cheers mbp i'll check em out now
foamo, its all good bro never had any probs with ableton. its just when i'm runnin kontakt and a few minimonstas and about twenty waves efx plugins that the stutter takes over. basically i'm a greedy bugger and i hate bouncing stuff cos once i do i always want to change that part. think the spec you mention is identical to mine.
want to able to use massive too
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 2:58 pm
by narcossist
that site was wicked, thanks

goodbye stutter
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:11 am
by vonboyage
narcossist wrote: i hate bouncing stuff cos once i do i always want to change that part
i hear that

Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:14 am
by emu
yea man go to crucial for sure, ive used them before to upgrade my roomates dell dimension!
Re: Quick question about ram
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:25 am
by grime
narcossist wrote:i guess theres a few different types so do i need to find out what type n get the same
there are many types and putting the wrong one in could screw up you new purchase and maybe the computer.
to be on the safe side I would contact dell and ask them, or a friend who knows something about computers.
Actually if you go through the support section of the dell webste there is a memory selection section. that will at least give you the specs of the stuff u need
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:26 am
by narcossist
thanks grime but that site had a wicked system for making sure you got the right type, highly reccomended
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:24 pm
by grime
narcossist wrote:thanks grime but that site had a wicked system for making sure you got the right type, highly reccomended
bookmarked...thanks
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 1:51 am
by sonar
i got ram from them last week actually, good service they've got there, i wouldnt have had a clue which ram i needed to get.