i have been told that you can put too much ram into a computer is this true?

Question

the crucial scanning tool says my motherboard will support 3 gigs of ram and i have only 1.5 gigs of ram but some so called expert says i have too much

Answer 1

I wouldn't quite say "too much" but remember if you have 3GB of RAM but still have a slow processor then all you will have is bottlenecks in the same which could detremental to the performance of your computer.

It's like having a 6-lane motorway but only having one lane to exit, everyone can get tothe exit pretty fast but they stll have to wait to get off, probably more than if there was only 3 lanes in the first place!

Answer 2

The type of motherboard you are using determines the ammount of ram you can put in your machine. you can not go above this limit. 1.5 gig is more than enough for most computers but there is nothing stopping you increasing it to 3 gig if you wish to do so.

If you dont need it why waste money

Answer 3

The anount of RAM in a PC is determined by the motherboard and the OS. In olden days, when MS-DOS was the in thing, the system could only access a maximum of about 512KB but with XP or LINUX the opulent amount is far higher. I ahould think that for most purposes, 1.5G is about as much as you would ever want over this you're just throwing away your money unless you intend to use your PC as a server and run an ISP from it.

Answer 4

It sounds particularly shady to me. Why do no longer they only inform you to interchange the entire motherboard? Thats approximately $4 hundred in maximum situations. The CPU would have died or the Ram would have died. i'd desire to tell you if I had the precise blunders. generally whilst the RAM is going out you get a Parity blunders. Did that happen? Did the exhibit prepare something in any respect. My guess is the battery on the motherboard needs changing and that they fee approximately as much as a watch fixed battery. It feels like they are being crooked.

Answer 5

There is the virtual memory and there is the physical memory. If you have appications that are compute bound and not I/O heavy then the size of the physical memory is significant. Although you can run more than one program at any given time, unless the programs do not require human interaction e.g. scanning software, then the number of programs at any given time is restricted. For the average person running normal type program mix, I would say you probably have enough. Any more would be idle resources i.e you pay but you are not getting the benefits.

Answer 6

win xp. can only make use of so much RAM. after that it's just a waste of money putting in any more 1.5 gig is more than enough for most tasks in windows i'd say.

Answer 7

Check your motherboard specs. That is where they limit is. Most will go to 2 to 4 gig. Server motherboards go higher.

Answer 8

Depends on what tasks you want to perform. But I certainly would not say the 1.5 GB was to much.

512kb is about minimum now and in most cases I would recommend at least 1gb.

Answer 9

Not really, You can never tell how busy your computer can get. It all depends on howmuch tasks you run on it at a time... The more tasks you run, the more RAM you'll need. But some computers have their RAM limits.

Answer 10

It all depends totally on what you're wanting to use this PC for. For instance, I have 2 GB's in one of my computers, my gaming rig. If you aren't using it for gaming, or for handling very large files with a program like Photoshop, then you probably don't need any more than you already have.