If you have the main board installation guide it will list all
the ram types the main board supports, also listing the speeds and maximum size
for each slot. If you don't have the installation guide have two choices on
finding out what ram is installed in your computer, the easiest is to go to the
main board manufactures web site and search for the information on your main
board. Or you can open up your computer and look at the markings on the ram
itself. If you do open the case up remember
ESD will kill anything you touch if
you are not grounded.
With this information you can search the web for suppliers of third party ram.
They will have table that will list all the ram that matches the form and speed
you are looking for, just pick the size you want to upgrade to.
Quality - Quality counts. Remember buy cheap get cheap. You are doing this
yourself to save money but doing something twice costs twice as much.
Did you know that if you install memory that has a FSB of say 800 MHz that your processor will run slower than if you installed say 1066 MHz memory?
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