I need to know because i want to make sure i get the best home pc... thanks for your help.
2006-11-26 07:28:26 · 13 answers · asked by Jenn Jenn 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
There isn't any limit - it depends on the hardware you buy.
I would suggest a minimum of 1 gigabyte by todays standards, more is of course better. And the ability to add more memory is also good.
I've been in the industry for nearly twenty years and I would suggest getting a system with two 1 gigabyte memory chips as a minimum, with two expansion slots.
If you can get something better, like two 2 gig chips that would be preferable, or all four slots filled with 1 gig would also be cool.
System with that much memory should be fine for the next few years.
-dh
2006-11-26 07:33:51 · answer #1 · answered by delicateharmony 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you're talking about memory or RAM, then the most you'll probably find is 4 GB. The highest practical amount is 2 GB, but you'll probably only need that if you're a gamer. If you're not into playing graphic-intensive games like Quake 4 or Doom 3 or Far Cry, then you'll be fine with 1 GB.
If you're talking about space (loads of people confuse this with memory), then you can get hard drive configurations that allow up to a 1.5 TB. You will never be able to fill that up. I run with a 250 GB hard drive, and that's worked for my needs, and I have loads of legal movies, music, and games on my computer. If you're a home user, you really won't ever need more than 200 GB. But again, it depends on your needs. The best advice I can give you is to look at how much space you're using now. If you run Windows, then you can go to My Computer and right click on your C drive and view its properties. See how big your hard drive is and how much you're using. Using Windows, you want to leave 1/4 of your hard drive free (according to PC Pitstop's tests). So look at how much space you're currently using and base your new hard drive off that.
2006-11-26 15:35:55 · answer #2 · answered by Ay Deverrick 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
do you mean ram memory or hard drive memory. on hard drive yes you can get loads of terabites, to much space realy. but i think you are talking about ram memory.the largest ram card is 1gb an older pc will have 2 dimm slots for these cards and a new pc will have 4 dimm slots,so you could get 2 or 4 gb of memory...great... you can never have enough memory..
please select as best answer if this helps thanx
2006-11-26 15:35:03 · answer #3 · answered by legasy3 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can add memory until the slots on the motherboard are full. However, Windows XP can only handle up to 4 GB of memory. Windows Vista Home Basic will support up to 8 GB, Home Premium will support up to 16 GB, and Vista Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate will support up to 128 GB of memory.
2006-11-26 16:33:37 · answer #4 · answered by Aaron 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can have I think up to 4 gigs of RAM, but you only need one-two for the average everyday computer.
For hard drive space, I would recommend 200+ gigs of space.
2006-11-26 15:33:01 · answer #5 · answered by z!p 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure but you can always add extra hard drives-if your computer has the room for them-that will increase memory
2006-11-26 15:30:19 · answer #6 · answered by cassiepiehoney 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ten points to this guy delicateh..he has the only answer that is the best. SIDE NOTE : hard drive is SPACE not ROM OR RAM it has programs but that does not mean its RAM KNUCKLE HEADS
2006-11-26 17:46:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anointed71 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the largest Ram on a computer i saw was...
One GIG of RAM. And to me that seems like a lot.
E
2006-11-26 15:31:48 · answer #8 · answered by Elaine B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on what kind of memory and your mother board
2006-11-26 15:36:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
currently the highest memory u can get is 1TB which is 1000GB but who knos in tha future u might see comps wit 1000TB's (thats 1,000,000 GIGS)!!
2006-11-26 15:30:27 · answer #10 · answered by - 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋