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Articles Give your old PC a new lease of life with a Computer Memory UpgradeGive your old PC a new lease of life with a Computer Memory Upgrade | |
| Author: Bee H | Published on: Feb Sat, 2009 |
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A lot of people upgrade their desktop computers to the latest model far too easily these days and don't realize that the system they are currently using is perfectly good enough if you spend a little time on it. By performing the simple task of a computer ram memory upgrade your old pc could be given a new lease of life.
Let's start by looking at the basic idea behind the computer of pc. The pc is made up of three major elements, the CPU or central processing unit, the storage system or hard drive and RAM or random access memory. So let's try and imagine that the computer is a working environment of 20 years ago and would have consisted of a desk and a filing cabinet and you, the CPU. So a day's work would start by deciding on what tasks you wanted to complete for that day - in the same way the cpu performs this task in a modern computer. To complete your tasks you may need records or work that you did previously and this is where the filing cabinet comes in. Just like the hard drive on a modern computer the filing cabinet is a place to store and update files you may need. So how does the desk fit in? Well the desk is your RAM. The size of your desk makes a difference to how well you can do you work. If you have a need to work on several things at once you will need to remove things from your desk to complete the work. The smaller the desk the more things you will have to remove. This is the same as the RAM in a computer; it cannot hold all the information you require and must choose which information is relevant to the task being performed. So the bigger the memory the more information can be used to complete your tasks and so speeding up your jobs. So the obvious thing to do is get a bigger desk or perform a computer memory upgrade. So what if you speed up your work but you still have a small amount of desk space (or memory) then you will spend even more time removing things from your desk and putting them away to ensure you can complete your new tasks. This is not a good use of time would become very frustrating over time, just like the wait involved for your computer memory to function if it is not suitable or sufficient for the job in hand. Let's say that you desk is capable of holding 6 pieces of paper at once. But you have a need for a 7th piece, you will have to spend some time deciding which piece of paper is not needed and then going through the process of storing it away safely for the next time you need it. But what if you need 8 or 9 pieces of paper at once and cannot remove any of the paper on your desk then of course you need a desk big enough to hold 10 pieces of paper just to be on the safe side. A bigger desk or computer memory upgrade is needed. This is the main advantage a computer memory upgrade gives you. Working faster or getting a bigger filing cabinet is all well and good but nothing saves time better than a bigger desk or in the case of our computer, a computer memory upgrade. The speed of technology in terms of computers is governed by Moore's law, a law that states the speed of computing power will double in general every two years or so. So far since the law was proposed the speed of computing power has fitted within these parameters. Worrying about this problem is not much use and unless you can afford to upgrade you pc every couple of years a more sensible approach would to choose you equipment carefully ensuring the hardware you choose can easily be upgrade and is pretty much future proof. Doing this should allow you avoid having to upgrade you computer for at least 4-5 years. I have for instance seen middle to high-end systems advertised that are not upgradable and so have a limited life span. When you have decided that your computer needs a memory upgrade you then have to be sure you choose the right type. It's important that when you do a computer memory upgrade you select the memory types that will be compatible with your hardware and supply the best solution for your needs. Adding RAM is not a difficult job and there are many websites and products out there to make sure to choose the right memory for your computer memory upgrade. There are three main types of RAM memory and it's important that we take a little time to describe the differences between them. This should help you make the right decision. SD RAM is the most common and the slowest of the three main types of computer memory. Originally SD RAM came in speeds of 66 MHz and is capable of running to 133 MHz or PC133. This is fine for older computers but is not sufficient for today's faster hardware. DDR SD RAM is a faster form of SD RAM and is generally twice as fast as SD RAM. It manages this by transferring computer data in your system on the up and the down tick of a clock cycle. DDR RAM can operate at speeds of 333MHz and is incompatible with most SD RAM systems. Rambus or RD RAM is the fastest of the common RAM modules and is the memory of choice for Intel's Pentium 4 chips. RD RAM come in PC600, PC700, and PC800 formats and is double the speed of old systems. Remember also that your system has a limited amount of slots for memory so buying 8 512mb modules would not be of any use if you only have 2 or 4 memory slots to fit them in. If you computer can theoretically accept 8gb of memory and you have 4 slots and then you need to buy 4, 2gb memory modules. So remember, before you decide to throw away that perfectly good pc. Consider adding some new memory as this is often the cheapest and quickest way to upgrade your computer to take advantage of the latest computer applications. The statistics speak for themselves; a well thought out computer memory upgrade can give you a speed increase of up to 40%. | |
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