I have a Compaq Presario 1700 laptop that's a few years old now. It's got a Pentium III with a 1000MHz CPU, 256MB RAM (two 128MB sticks), and a 20GB hard drive (of which I have about 1GB free space). Since I only have two memory slots and both are used up by 128MB sticks, I'm thinking of replacing one of them with a 256MB stick (according to Compaq's web page, the laptop is only upgradable to 512MB). I would love to replace both with two (2) 256MB sticks so I have the max of 512MB total (or better yet, buy a new laptop), but I only have enough in my budget for one (1) 256MB stick, for a new total of 384MB (128MB in slot one plus 256MB in slot two). My question is, will an extra 128MB of RAM even make much difference in my situation, or should I save my money?
2007-01-28 03:00:01 · 6 answers · asked by fgeel 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
i wouldn't do it because these 256MB modules (PC100/133 SDRAM) are expensive and you will soon get the problem of the disk being full.
you better upgrade your hard disk to 60GB or the like. btw, an upgrade of an old laptop is only useful if you think it will do the job for 2 more years, otherwise use it as long as it works and save up for a new one.
2007-01-28 03:19:35 · answer #1 · answered by aeroman762002 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think adding another 128MB RAM would make sense. You should rather upgrade the memory to 512MB to find any noticeable difference in your system performance. System performance also depends on the amount of free space on your hard disk and processor speed. So also try and increase the hard disc capacity. You can also defragment the hard disk to improve performance. If you don't have the budget for additional RAM and Hard Disk, its better to wait for some time.
2007-01-28 03:26:43 · answer #2 · answered by techguy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you will have much difference. For Pentium 3 1000Mhz you can increase the RAM up to 1GB and feel the difference. For more than 1GB you will not see a difference anymore. Be sure.
2007-01-28 03:09:30 · answer #3 · answered by iguana 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you wont notice anything, it wont do a whole lot, nowdays you need at least bottom line 512MB but if you can get 1GB you will notice a big difference..
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