[Allius]

RAM is important component in our computers
I have 2 computers: a laptop and a desktop. Recently I upgrade my computers and now I have 8GB of RAM in each one. Unfortunately my motherboards don't allow me to buy more...

And you? How much RAM do you have in your computer?

[sherryinutah]

I just bought a refurbished laptop. It has an Intel processor and 8 GB of RAM. I love it and I'm impressed that you were able to upgrade your existing computers.

[Allius]

Hello @sherryinutah
I love computers and hardware And believe me. Change RAM in our computers is a very easy task... We only need to know how much RAM our motherboard can use and what kind of RAM do we have to buy!

[MeowsePad]

My desktop has 16 GB of DDR3-1600 memory, and my laptop has 6 GB.

[shamzblueworld]

I only have 5 GB in my laptop and 2 GB in the desktop... I am thinking of getting a new laptop with higher specs now.

[MeowsePad]

I only have 5 GB in my laptop and 2 GB in the desktop... I am thinking of getting a new laptop with higher specs now.

I don't think they made many machines with 5 GB of RAM. :O I generally see four, six, or eight.

[shamzblueworld]

I only have 5 GB in my laptop and 2 GB in the desktop... I am thinking of getting a new laptop with higher specs now.

I don't think they made many machines with 5 GB of RAM. :O I generally see four, six, or eight.

Yup mine had 2GB in two slots, I wanted an increase so I had replaced one with 4GB so now I have 5 in total.

[oldbuddy]

You can use READY BOOST to allow a flash drive, USB Stick or SD Card to act as virtual RAM. Since I only have 4Gb RAM, I had problems with Windows 10 giving me Low Memory Errors and installed a 32Gb SD Card with Ready Boost and it works fine now.

[shamzblueworld]

You can use READY BOOST to allow a flash drive, USB Stick or SD Card to act as virtual RAM. Since I only have 4Gb RAM, I had problems with Windows 10 giving me Low Memory Errors and installed a 32Gb SD Card with Ready Boost and it works fine now.

Really is that a thing now? I never knew. Virtual RAM? WOW!
How much does it cost? Does it work well with desktops too?

[germainebull]

My 6-year old laptop has a 1 GB RAM.
I'm thus planning to upgrade it.

[Allius]

I only have 5 GB in my laptop and 2 GB in the desktop... I am thinking of getting a new laptop with higher specs now.

I don't think they made many machines with 5 GB of RAM. :O I generally see four, six, or eight.

@MeowsePad my desktop came originally with 5GB of RAM. I also agree that is more logical 4, 6 or 8GB but sometimes they don't do that...

[oldbuddy]

You can use READY BOOST to allow a flash drive, USB Stick or SD Card to act as virtual RAM. Since I only have 4Gb RAM, I had problems with Windows 10 giving me Low Memory Errors and installed a 32Gb SD Card with Ready Boost and it works fine now.

Really is that a thing now? I never knew. Virtual RAM? WOW!
How much does it cost? Does it work well with desktops too?

The situation I described was a desktop. The only cost is the SD Card and I think it was about $15. You may also need a USB adapter if your computer lacks the proper slot to use one, or you could usa a USB stick .

[CyberFreak]

When I brought my laptop, it had 8gb but I upgraded it to 16gb as I did occasionally get low memory warnings when I had a couple of browsers open, playing games through steam and other software open etc.

I only have 5 GB in my laptop and 2 GB in the desktop... I am thinking of getting a new laptop with higher specs now.

I don't think they made many machines with 5 GB of RAM. :O I generally see four, six, or eight.

@MeowsePad my desktop came originally with 5GB of RAM. I also agree that is more logical 4, 6 or 8GB but sometimes they don't do that...

I wonder if they were undecided if they should build it with 4gb or 6gb and some clueless guy in a suit being paid $100,000 a year just decided to go in the middle with 5gb

[Allius]

@CyberFreak I can imagine the scene! The suit man are analysing the reports and decide:
With 4GB = too cheap
With 6GB = too expensive
Why don't we sell the computer with 5GB???
And then he think: I'm a genious!!

[MeowsePad]

Hahaha. Yeah. I had 8 GB of memory originally, but then 4GB of it stopped working. With only 4 GB, I noticed a lot of frame rate drops in games that use a lot of memory. That's when I upgraded to 16 GB. There are few situations that require more than 8-16 GB of memory.

[oldbuddy]

Something to think about, to add another 8gb DDR3 memory can cost $40 to $60 and a 32Gb SD card (or USB stick) is only about $15.

[Andrey]

My desktop has about 8 GB of RAM inside, can do well with a single browser and a single game open in the time but when i open those wikia pages everything goes slow. Information overload!!!!!1!!!

[oldbuddy]

My desktop has about 8 GB of RAM inside, can do well with a single browser and a single game open in the time but when i open those wikia pages everything goes slow. Information overload!!!!!1!!!

It sounds like you have more significant problems than memory, because 8Gb should be plenty to run Wiki pages fast. Have you done a disk cleanup lately?

[germainebull]

Hello @sherryinutah
I love computers and hardware And believe me. Change RAM in our computers is a very easy task... We only need to know how much RAM our motherboard can use and what kind of RAM do we have to buy!

Honestly, I don't think this is an easy task.
How do I know how much RAM my motherboard can use?
How about knowing what kind of RAM do we have to buy!?

[oldbuddy]

Hello @sherryinutah
I love computers and hardware And believe me. Change RAM in our computers is a very easy task... We only need to know how much RAM our motherboard can use and what kind of RAM do we have to buy!

Honestly, I don't think this is an easy task.
How do I know how much RAM my motherboard can use?
How about knowing what kind of RAM do we have to buy!?

It's all about knowing where to look: http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/?cm_mmc=b ... 09122327:s