Well my laptop is pretty old, and was wondering if upgrading the RAM would yield a noticeable speed improvement, or if it would be limited due to other factors such as the processor or something.
I want to go from 2x1gb to 2x2gb of ram.
Here's info about my laptop…
- eMachines e627
- Windows 7
- System Type x64-based PC
- Has 2gb of RAM currently w/ 1.75gb being usable
- Processor AMD Athlon(tm) Processor TF-20, 1600 Mhz, 1 Core(s), 1 Logical Processor(s)
… If my computer would benefit from ram which of these two would you recommend. Both of them were recommended to me by Crucial.com.
DDR2 PC2-5300 or the DDR2 PC2-6400
Best Answer
The first thing you need to do is conduct some testing to see if RAM is even an issue in the first place. Open up the system monitor, perform some normal activities, and watch the free physical RAM value. If it drops too low (to about 10% or less of total physical RAM) then you have a RAM issue and would benefit from getting more.