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Scientia Wiz
Scientia Wiz Original post #1
Jun 29, 2011 at 10:55 AM
My PC has :

Intel (R) Pentium (R) Dual CPU E2160 @ 1.80 GHz

Currently Installed RAM 1.00 GB

I want to upgrade my RAM !

Till how much I can increase it and what will it cost ? :???: :???: :???:
saswat23
Jun 29, 2011 at 10:59 AM
I think your PC has DDR1 RAM and you could expand it up-to 2GB.
And a 1GB DDR1 Stick now a days cost 2.2k where as today one can buy 4GB DDR3 RAM for 2.1k.
So, IMO save up a little bit and upgrade your PC.
Scientia Wiz
Jun 29, 2011 at 11:00 AM
I think your PC has DDR1 RAM and you could expand it up-to 2GB.
And a 1GB DDR1 Stick now a days cost 2.2k where as today one can buy 4GB DDR3 RAM for 2.1k.
So, IMO save up a little bit and upgrade your PC.

Then why cant I upgrade RAM to 4GB as its also less priced ? :!:
saswat23
Jun 29, 2011 at 11:31 AM
Dude, you have DDR1 RAM where as the RAM you are talking about is DDR3. So, to go for DDR3 RAM you have to go for a complete system overhaul.
d3p
d3p #5
Jun 29, 2011 at 12:12 PM
Which motherboard are you using currently ???
Scientia Wiz
Jul 8, 2011 at 6:08 AM
My Motherboard is

ASUS P5VD2-VM SE
Graphics intergrated motherboard :) :) :)
Cilus
Cilus #7
Jul 8, 2011 at 10:53 AM
That mobo is having 2 DDR2 slots with maximum of 4 GB support but they run in single channel mode. So you can get a 2 GB DDR2 module @ 1.4K from Kingston/Transcend and add it to make the total ram as 3 GB. Try to find 667 MHz ram but it is little hard today as most of them come with 800 MHz speed.
Scientia Wiz
Jul 8, 2011 at 5:00 PM
@Cilus

Can you suggest me more RAMs and their prices ! :cool:
Cilus
Cilus #9
Jul 8, 2011 at 5:45 PM
I think you mean more brands for ram by saying more Rams because size wize your mobo doesn't support more than 4 GB. There are some high end OCZ and Corsair rams are available but their price is very huge and not at all justified for a dying breed. 2ndly the memory controller of your motherboard is not a very efficient one and plugging very high performance ram won't give you any real life performance advantage. So better stick with Kingston or Transcend.
Scientia Wiz
Jul 9, 2011 at 12:35 AM
Thanks @cilus and everybody !;-)