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RAM, Please help me!
emberfly
post May 3 2009, 02:16 PM
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<----- total RAM newb.


I want to upgrade my RAM to make running things faster.
Right now I have this amount of RAM:

It's not working for me. I want more.

I did the Crucial.com system scanner, and these were my results:


^Notice how I have 2x 512MB RAM things, but somehow my total RAM is 960.. ? weird.

It told me the kind of RAM I needed, and it even gave me the option to buy some of that kind.


and I thought, "Wow! That's so cheap! *big smile*"

BUT, I saw on a Tech website that multiple people said Crucial's prices were absurdly high.

QUOTE("cfitzarl")
I usually go to www.crucial.com and use their database to find out what ram a pc needs, wouldn't buy if from them tho, way too pricey!!!!
Their 256 Chip was ~ $50.00 that was ddr2, ridiculous!


Is it really "ridiculous"?

QUOTE("Rik")
Well i did say they were way too pricey!!!!!!

I just use their database for reference only!!


QUOTE("F1N3ST")
200$/GB I Expect it to be made of gold!


Where can I get cheaper RAM that will work for my computer?
 
 
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emberfly
post May 3 2009, 05:20 PM
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Thanks for your response, but which stores will sell them cheaper than Crucial.com?
 

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emberfly   RAM   May 3 2009, 02:16 PM
illriginal   Go to the store or online and buy 2-3 GB sticks. B...   May 3 2009, 04:04 PM
emberfly   Thanks for your response, but which stores will se...   May 3 2009, 05:20 PM
illriginal   QUOTE(emberfly @ May 3 2009, 06:20 PM) Th...   May 3 2009, 05:37 PM
Tung   craigslist.com   May 3 2009, 05:21 PM
emberfly   That's not funny.   May 3 2009, 05:29 PM
emberfly   didn't have the kind I need :/ wait i was loo...   May 3 2009, 05:56 PM
illriginal   Yep... those are them. I'd go with these: h...   May 3 2009, 06:12 PM
emberfly   Thank you for being so helpful ^_^ Can you tell m...   May 3 2009, 06:15 PM
illriginal   QUOTE(emberfly @ May 3 2009, 07:15 PM) Th...   May 3 2009, 06:41 PM
emberfly   OK, I bought a new graphics card and 2 Gigs of ram...   Jun 9 2009, 10:06 PM
Buttsex   QUOTE(emberfly @ Jun 9 2009, 10:06 PM) OK...   Jun 9 2009, 10:35 PM
Deospeon   Always clean your RAM with alcohol. You can drink ...   Jun 9 2009, 10:38 PM
emberfly   I want to point out that I had to push the ram in ...   Jun 9 2009, 10:46 PM
Buttsex   You would be better off looking for a tutorial vid...   Jun 9 2009, 11:03 PM
emberfly   what kind of tutorial?   Jun 9 2009, 11:57 PM
Buttsex   Crap on youtube. Video tutorials.   Jun 10 2009, 01:25 AM
xtremegfx   click to enlarge Your motherboard should look lik...   Jun 10 2009, 01:37 AM
emberfly   QUOTE(xtremegfx @ Jun 10 2009, 01:37 AM) ...   Jun 10 2009, 02:15 AM
emberfly   ZOMG PRONZ I wrote about each picture UNDERNEATH ...   Jun 10 2009, 03:00 AM
Buttsex   Good choice getting EVGA. They dominate the marke...   Jun 10 2009, 03:08 AM
emberfly   Well which cords go where? D:   Jun 10 2009, 03:17 AM
emberfly   QUOTE(emberfly @ Jun 10 2009, 03:17 AM) W...   Jun 10 2009, 03:26 AM
Buttsex   From the looks of it, you're not going to have...   Jun 10 2009, 03:23 AM
Buttsex   QUOTE(Buttsex @ Jun 10 2009, 03:23 AM) Fr...   Jun 10 2009, 03:27 AM
emberfly   YOU SO UNHELPFUL. I THROW CHAIR AT YOU HOW YOU...   Jun 10 2009, 03:28 AM
Buttsex   I came a chair once. True story.   Jun 10 2009, 03:30 AM
keep-the-fire   You will not need that "fancy" cord. Unl...   Jun 10 2009, 05:38 AM
emberfly   the VGA one is the one that doesn't have three...   Jun 10 2009, 08:30 AM
emberfly   HALP MEEE I IZ WANTIN TO HAZ UBERR SPEED   Jun 10 2009, 10:33 AM
shanaynay   The colored cables are component cables for HD, an...   Jun 10 2009, 02:32 PM
emberfly   OK, I just stopped being a pansy and disabled my i...   Jun 10 2009, 02:54 PM
keep-the-fire   QUOTE(emberfly @ Jun 11 2009, 04:54 AM) O...   Jun 10 2009, 03:04 PM
emberfly   It used to say 60 edit: isn't screen refresh...   Jun 10 2009, 03:06 PM
keep-the-fire   lol. Set it to 60 No, Screen Refresh is not the ...   Jun 10 2009, 03:33 PM
Uronacid   As far as your question about RAM goes. You don...   Jun 11 2009, 12:18 PM
emberfly   Ummmm... Also, when I start a game, weird sounds c...   Jun 10 2009, 09:18 PM
keep-the-fire   Then thats your sound problem :O   Jun 10 2009, 09:21 PM
emberfly   well what do i do? it sounds like computer noises....   Jun 10 2009, 09:25 PM
keep-the-fire   QUOTE(emberfly @ Jun 11 2009, 11:25 AM) w...   Jun 10 2009, 09:31 PM
emberfly   QUOTE(keep-the-fire @ Jun 10 2009, ...   Jun 10 2009, 09:32 PM
jcp   QUOTE(emberfly @ Jun 10 2009, 09:32 PM) g...   Jun 11 2009, 05:19 AM
emberfly   It's still making the noises.. and I just upda...   Jun 10 2009, 10:53 PM
Buttsex   Probably not related to the GPU. Plug into the so...   Jun 10 2009, 11:30 PM
emberfly   QUOTE(Buttsex @ Jun 10 2009, 11:30 PM) Pr...   Jun 11 2009, 11:41 AM
emberfly   you only answered the questions that were answered...   Jun 11 2009, 01:55 PM
xtremegfx   QUOTE(emberfly @ Jun 11 2009, 01:55 PM) y...   Jun 12 2009, 09:08 PM
emberfly   QUOTE(xtremegfx @ Jun 12 2009, 09:08 PM) ...   Jun 13 2009, 04:46 PM
Buttsex   QUOTE(emberfly @ Jun 13 2009, 04:46 PM) S...   Jun 13 2009, 05:24 PM
Uronacid   QUOTE(Buttsex @ Jun 13 2009, 06:24 PM) Af...   Jun 15 2009, 03:47 PM
emberfly   so can someone help me? D:   Jun 17 2009, 08:50 PM
Uronacid   QUOTE(emberfly @ Jun 17 2009, 09:50 PM) s...   Jun 18 2009, 07:31 AM


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