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Memory Prices

I hopped on PriceWatch today to see what current prices were on RAM. Unbelievable. They were selling 128MB DIMM's for $4.00.
Granted, it is generic RAM and I always question compatible in some systems, but still, that is dirt cheap.

So, I went to Crucial and bought a 256MB DIMM PC133 RAM for my Dell. It was only $30.00. No tax and no shipping with FedEx 2nd day.

In another month, they will be giving the stuff away. I remember paying over $200.00 for 32MB. This is just great, come on Friday.

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RAM Baby!

Heck, I just upgraded two machines from 128 to 256MB of RAM, now I am thinking I should ditch the DIMs and pop in a couple of 512MB modules. I never thought I'd have over a GB of RAM, and frankly I am not sure if it will make a noticable difference.

In the past month I upgraded my old 400Mhz Celeron machine from 128 to 256MB of RAM, upgraded to a 7200 RPM hard drive, and switched to Windows XP Home Edition. Now the thing fairly screams. Updating the RAM alone didn't seem to improve my performance any using WIndows ME. Apparently XP does a much better job of allocating memory, and recognizes RAM over 512MB which Windows 98 and ME did not.

Perhaps I will donate my 128MB Simms to charity.

Re: RAM Baby!

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Originally posted by Keefer Lucas
Heck, I just upgraded two machines from 128 to 256MB of RAM, now I am thinking I should ditch the DIMs and pop in a couple of 512MB modules. I never thought I'd have over a GB of RAM, and frankly I am not sure if it will make a noticable difference.

In the past month I upgraded my old 400Mhz Celeron machine from 128 to 256MB of RAM, upgraded to a 7200 RPM hard drive, and switched to Windows XP Home Edition. Now the thing fairly screams. Updating the RAM alone didn't seem to improve my performance any using WIndows ME. Apparently XP does a much better job of allocating memory, and recognizes RAM over 512MB which Windows 98 and ME did not.

Perhaps I will donate my 128MB Simms to charity.

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In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. JOHN 14:2

I remember back when I had a 386 with one MB of ram and I bought another for $200 or something for a grand total of 2MB. Makes you laugh.

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Originally posted by PlantATree
I remember back when I had a 386 with one MB of ram and I bought another for $200 or something for a grand total of 2MB. Makes you laugh.

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Originally posted by PlantATree
I remember back when I had a 386 with one MB of ram and I bought another for $200 or something for a grand total of 2MB. Makes you laugh.

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Is there a way to determine what kind of RAM my system has without opening the box and actually looking at the chips?

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Originally posted by maddog
Is there a way to determine what kind of RAM my system has without opening the box and actually looking at the chips?

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Originally posted by maddog
Is there a way to determine what kind of RAM my system has without opening the box and actually looking at the chips?

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In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. JOHN 14:2