question about ram

[,-,'-{Bar}-',-,]

well i need to upgrade my ram, i dont know shit about computers, but ive figured out i need to buy 1gb ram and then get a guy to put it in for me..thats all kool.

my question is, does it matter the make of the ram i buy ? or is there certain types that wont work in PC's or certain types only work with certain things ect.

i just need to be cuatious coz i dont want to fuck ym computer up

[matz]

ye well basically there are different types of ram, theres ddr ddr2 ddr3 etc, u need to find out what ram is compatible with your motherboard.....and with most things, if you buy from a well known ram firm, it will generally be better and more reliable.

reliable known makes -

kingston
crucial
corsair

and tbh u realy dont need to get someone to fit it for you, u just slot it in lol

[,-,'-{Bar}-',-,]

ye well basically there are different types of ram, theres ddr ddr2 ddr3 etc, u need to find out what ram is compatible with your motherboard.....and with most things, if you buy from a well known ram firm, it will generally be better and more reliable.

reliable known makes -

kingston
crucial
corsair

and tbh u realy dont need to get someone to fit it for you, u just slot it in lol

something as simple as "slot it in" for me, ends up me blowing up my computer and shit but ill ask my cousin who is more clued up on computers what to do lol

and the make of the one i seen was kingston, so if there a good chance that will be compatabile ?

do you know if there is anywere i can check to see if its compatabile ?

[irfman]

There is one way, got this website http://www.crucial.com/systemscanner/index.aspx , download the scanner thingy, wait a minute or two and it should tell you infomation about the memory in your computer and what u can upgrade and the suitable upgrades.

Hope that helps.

[,-,'-{Bar}-',-,]

There is one way, got this website http://www.crucial.com/systemscanner/index.aspx , download the scanner thingy, wait a minute or two and it should tell you infomation about the memory in your computer and what u can upgrade and the suitable upgrades.

Hope that helps.

yeh it does man, thanx

it showed me a couple fo ones that are compatible, but they are pricey, they kingston one i seen was £6 from amazon, but atleast i got a back-up plan, ill jump into PC world tomorrow and ask them if a kingstom ram is compatible with my computer

[Robbie G]

If you can find out what type of motherboard you have i'll find you some nice ram.

Assuming you have ddr2(unless the pc's from like 2000) this looks decent:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820145525

Try this to find your computer info:

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download181.html

I had to go through all this when I re-did my computer lol.