Ram

[MarineCorps]

I have a Q. about RAM. Can RAM get used up? Like say I have a computer with 128 RAM and I install a program that uses 128 RAM does that mean I have no more RAM left on my computer to use? If someone could anwser me this for me I would be very grateful as I am getting a new computer and the weather it costs $559 or $689 hinges on this Q.

 

[Cedric Greene]

Well it sure as hell shouldn't cost more than $30 to get an extra 128mb of RAM. My suggestion would be go with the cheaper and install the extra RAM yourself. Also once you "X" out of a program the ram is freed up.

 

[Comraddict]

128MB of RAM is not enough. Do yourself a favor and buy a PC with 512MB. When you install program, it takes your disk space, not RAM "space". When you are running it, then piece of memory ( RAM) is allocated for execution of that program.
In other words, what is in RAM is what is running now... like Windows system programs and Internet Explorer.

 

[Hurricane]

Agreed. 128 MB is far from enough. Buy the more expensive one.

 

[Plexus]

Now a days, you want to get 256 RAM, MINIMUM.

Go with 512 if possible.

 

[MarineCorps]

Thanks for anwsering you probly just saved me some money.

Originally posted by Hurricane
Agreed. 128 MB is far from enough. Buy the more expensive one.

I forgot to mention I'm 16 and have no job with only $132 in my account, so cheap is good and the reason I am buying a new computer is because my parents refuse to replace our 5 year old computer with only 96 RAM because they claim that the new computer would be obslete in 6 months anyways

 

[MarineCorps]

Originally posted by Plexus
Now a days, you want to get 256 RAM, MINIMUM.

Go with 512 if possible.

Oddly enough I did have 256 RAM as my original need but that cost over $700 dollars since the disk drive was an add on but now my dream computer cost $669 higher then I thought because I chose a model from Dell with more memory, not to mention I chose a Multimedia keyboard along with a optical mouse (the best kind of mouse)

 

[Hurricane]

Originally posted by MarineCorps
Thanks for anwsering you probly just saved me some money.


I forgot to mention I'm 16 and have no job with only $132 in my account, so cheap is good and the reason I am buying a new computer is because my parents refuse to replace our 5 year old computer with only 96 RAM because they claim that the new computer would be obslete in 6 months anyways

Ok, if you go for the cheap one, make sure you can add some more memory later. Some of the cheapo computers have very little room for upgrading, and in this case you will be ****ed after those 6 months.

 

[Turner]

Dude. . . might want to shop around. I like dells, have had some excellent experiences with them, but they are going up and up in price. Used to be cheap(er), but now not as cheap.

I priced some Compaq's that were comparibly equiped as a dell, and the Compaqs were a lot cheaper. Plus, if you're not paying attention to dell's website, they add on a bunch of stuff that you don't need, or can get a lot cheaper elsewhere. $50 for a surge protector?

Anyways, just my two cents.

 

[MarineCorps]

Oddly enough I uasslly shop around for the cheapest price but this time I went straight to Dell because I thought that because there was no middle man (stores) it would be cheaper. However with Dell I can custom it to what I like not to mention I do get any upgrades I want free for 3 years. So your two cents could save me a hundred dollars or so. Right now I am off to best buy.com. Thank you, thank you, thank you, and thank you again I just found a computer with 256 RAM and everything else plus more (althrough I will have to get rid of the optical mouse that I wanted )that I wanted for only $449. Thats over 200 dollars saved.

 

[sabo]

You should never run out of RAM "Theoritically" If you use all your RAM "Random access memory" your computer starts using what is called "virtual memory", in other words it starts using your hard drive as memory, it works but it's SLOW.... Like someone here said, get more memory, windows LOVES memory, the more the better.