Is it worth adding more ram ????

jimleeds · 06-23-11, 10:02 AM

hello i've got an old laptop my misses uses for a bit of web browsing but the time it takes to turn on is out of this world it will take around 3 minutes before you get any response from the mouse click when its on and running its not too bad it loads web pages quick enough for her,it only has 256mb of ram but i can take this up to 1gb for 22 pound, will this help with the start up times or am i just wasting my money the laptop is a toshiba L10-273 any advise would be great thanks

EarthDog · 06-23-11, 10:13 AM

256MB of ram is low. Wow. Adding more will help out moving around windows and such, and maybe boot times if its paging out upon boot up (likely).

It cant hurt anything, though Im not sure its exact effect on boot.

hafa · 06-23-11, 12:32 PM

Definitely worth it. The difference overall, including boot times, will be like night and day.

johan851 · 06-23-11, 01:54 PM

256mb is about the minimum for a decent experience on Windows XP. XP will benefit a lot from the upgrade, and Vista or Windows 7 will benefit much more. I'd say it's definitely worth it if it's only 22 pounds.

jimleeds · 06-24-11, 03:05 AM

Cheers guys ive ordered the ram i had a look to see what was killing the speeds turns out it was avg anti virus

jimleeds · 06-24-11, 03:06 AM

I think ill try windows 7 after fitting the new ram see how that runs

06-23-11, 10:02 AM	Thread Starter #1
jimleeds Registered Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: england	Is it worth adding more ram ???? hello i've got an old laptop my misses uses for a bit of web browsing but the time it takes to turn on is out of this world it will take around 3 minutes before you get any response from the mouse click when its on and running its not too bad it loads web pages quick enough for her,it only has 256mb of ram but i can take this up to 1gb for 22 pound, will this help with the start up times or am i just wasting my money the laptop is a toshiba L10-273 any advise would be great thanks __________________ CPU: INTEL CORE i5-760 @ 4.2 MOBO: ASUS P7P55D RAM: 2X2GB KINGSTON HYPER X DDR3 1600MHZ GPU: RADEON HD6950 2GB flashed to 6970 PSU: CORSAIR TX650W COOLER: TITAN EVO OPTICAL: LG 10X BLURAY CASE: POWER MAC G5
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06-23-11, 10:13 AM	#2
EarthDog Senior PITA Member Overclockers.com Editor Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Stuck in Maryland...	256MB of ram is low. Wow. Adding more will help out moving around windows and such, and maybe boot times if its paging out upon boot up (likely). It cant hurt anything, though Im not sure its exact effect on boot. __________________ Should I R0 my SSD? / SandyBridge / Ivybridge Overclocking Guide / AMD Overclocking Guide / Power Supply Guide SSD Reliability/Write Endurance / JOIN THE BENCHING TEAM! / Bulldozer Overclocking Guide / Forum Etiquette Want to see your writing featured on the overclockers.com Front Page? PM me, I can help! "We have more information and more ways of accessing it than ever, yet seem increasingly less inclined to do so."- Michael Wilbon
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06-23-11, 12:32 PM	#3
hafa Premium Member #24 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: A tiny dot in the middle of the Pacific	Definitely worth it. The difference overall, including boot times, will be like night and day. __________________ . HTPC: Core i3 540/8GB/300GB Raptor/GTS450-1GB/W7P-64 ~\|~ File Server: (Green) AMD 4850E/4GB/6TB RAID/Windows Server 2008 ~\|~ Notebook/Workstation: M780 Toshiba Convertible Tablet/i7 M620/8GB/128GB Crucial M4 SSD /7200RPM 750GB/W8 Pro Putting the YO back in YOU(')R(E)... \| Who is this "u" person, anyway?
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06-23-11, 01:54 PM	#4
johan851 Insatiably Malcontent Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Seattle, WA	256mb is about the minimum for a decent experience on Windows XP. XP will benefit a lot from the upgrade, and Vista or Windows 7 will benefit much more. I'd say it's definitely worth it if it's only 22 pounds. __________________ ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 \| 2500K @ 4.6GHz \| 2x4GB Samsung DDR3 \| GTX460 768mb 120GB Crucial M4 \| 2x 2TB Samsung F4 \| Seasonic S12 600w AV-710 --> y2 DAC --> Custom M^3 --> Custom LM3875 ChipAmp --> Modula MTs Dual Dell 2007WFP \| Watercooled
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06-24-11, 03:05 AM	Thread Starter #5
jimleeds Registered Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: england	Cheers guys ive ordered the ram i had a look to see what was killing the speeds turns out it was avg anti virus
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06-24-11, 03:06 AM	Thread Starter #6
jimleeds Registered Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: england	I think ill try windows 7 after fitting the new ram see how that runs
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