Hello Everyone, New To Upgrading PC's Therefor PLEASE Be Patient & Understanding If My Question Appears To Be That Asked By A Complete Novice. I have a standard mass produced Desktop PC which has 4Gb of RAM installed, 2 slots with 2Gb in each, And would like to know that if I were to double the capacity in Gb up to 8Gb, 4Gb in each slot, Would it be beneficial ? The reason why I ask is that the installed 4Gb is apparently the maximum that will be supported by the system. CPU is Intel Core 2 Quad And the OS is Windows Vista 32 Bit. If I would see no difference in RAM performance by replacing 2 x 2Gb with 2 x 4Gb would I see an increase in RAM Performance if I were to replace the fairly cheap RAM boards with higher quality RAM, Such as Corsair just as an example. I apologise if my questions are those of a complete idiot but I am trying to learn as much as possible about how to get the absolute very maximum with the system I have until I can afford to build my own Custom PC later this year. Thankyou In Advance For Any Replies To My Questions :~)
Is This Advisable ?
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you'd need a 64 bit operating system first,32 bit can only make use of upto 3.5gb of memory no matter how much you install
once you've got a 64bit windows then yeah 8gb of memory would benefit you more than 4gb would
once you've got a 64bit windows then yeah 8gb of memory would benefit you more than 4gb would
Thankyou very very much for your valuable information, Sadly i cannot afford to upgrade to 64 Bit therefor i think i will just have to be patient and wait until late winter when i build a custom desktop PC. Do you think that by replacing the brand of RAM for a higher grade would do any good or is it a situation where my "Shop Bought" PC even though it was a fairly high spec 3.5 years or there abouts ago cannot take advantage of more expencive RAM preferably with pre mounted coolers ? It gets quite hot inside my computer case even with leaving one of the side panels off and i have noticed that the SATA HDD gets extremely hot to the touch. The imediate area by the RAM slots also gets very very warm therefor i think i should obtain cooling equipment for both RAM & HDD as i need this PC to last which i fear it may not being as the temps get really high.
Not 100% sure with Windows Vista, but with Windows 7 your licence covers 32 bit and 64 bit, so if you were to come by a 64 bit copy of your version of Windows it might work with your key, don't quote me on that, like I say it works with Windows 7.
When you build your Pc you will notice a difference with getting a new case for starters. These 'mass produced' PC's might have some eye opening specs but its all crammed into a relatively tiny case where its going to get hot. There are loads of different cases out there which draw air in through the front and act as an exhaust through the back helping to keep your components cool as it passes.
I have never had a problem with components overheating and unless you are thinking of overclocking, then your stock memory(without heat spreaders), fans etc should be fine.
evohicks. Thankyou very much for the aditional information. For now i am going to do what i can, Within reason, to reduce the temperatures in the very small case as i want to make this PC last as long as possible and if it means using any form of heat Dispersant methods/components to do this i think it will be worth the small cost and effort involved. By nature i am quite an inventive person therefor i can modify or even make my own heatsink's or mounting's for fan's etc. For example : I just bought, via winning an ebay auction, a genuine Akasa Hard Drive Cooler for the princely sum of 99 Pence + £2.45 P & P. The way in which Fujitsu Siemens have mounted the HDD in the case will not allow for the Akasa HDD Cooler to me attached as described in the Install Guide therefor i am going to take advantage of the situation & attach long finned heat sink/s onto the HDD with special double sided heat sink tape & mount the Akasa HDD Cooler onto a purpose made bracket in the case. I "Think" my idea may just work to draw heat away and cool the HDD just as well as the purpose made HDD Heat Sink unit's available. I just have to get my graph paper, Pencil's & Digital vernier out to get all the dimentions down as accurate as possible before ordering Heat Sink/s to cover the 2 largest flat surfaces on the HDD. The same applies for the RAM, I have Aluminium Sheet that i can manufacture my own design of RAM Heat Sink's from & incorporate fan mount's into the design. The only area i am not confident enough in making is my own, much improved on the existing, heat dispersant cooler for the CPU.