Bruce Hedtke
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I'm looking to upgrade my memory and these are probably basic questions but I want to be sure of what I'm doing before I buy:
1-First, is it a matter of just taking out the old and plugging in the new and away you go or are there more steps I need to take?
2-My motherboard has a 266Mhz FSB (this is another upgrade down the line). Is that speed of FSB going to be a problem installing memory or will basically any stick work with any motherboard?
3-Right now, I have 512mb of memory by using two 256mb strips. Could I just buy another 512mb strip and be upgraded to 1Gig or do all the strips have to match in size?
4-I'm thinking of just jumping to the next phase and buying a 1Gig (or perhaps 2 right away). Now there are options to get a 1Gig strip or a 1Gig strip that is 2x512mb...which would be the preferred strip or would the differences be nominal? I don't do much that is too intensive but seeing many games coming down the line that are recommending 1Gig of RAM, I want to future proof as much as possible.
Thanks for any help you can give this noob.
Bruce
1-First, is it a matter of just taking out the old and plugging in the new and away you go or are there more steps I need to take?
2-My motherboard has a 266Mhz FSB (this is another upgrade down the line). Is that speed of FSB going to be a problem installing memory or will basically any stick work with any motherboard?
3-Right now, I have 512mb of memory by using two 256mb strips. Could I just buy another 512mb strip and be upgraded to 1Gig or do all the strips have to match in size?
4-I'm thinking of just jumping to the next phase and buying a 1Gig (or perhaps 2 right away). Now there are options to get a 1Gig strip or a 1Gig strip that is 2x512mb...which would be the preferred strip or would the differences be nominal? I don't do much that is too intensive but seeing many games coming down the line that are recommending 1Gig of RAM, I want to future proof as much as possible.
Thanks for any help you can give this noob.
Bruce