Should I upgrade ram from 768MB to 2 GB ?

[Scottie]

I have a laptop Intel P M 1.7 Ghz it has 768MB of ram in it now, should I upgrade to 2 GB or just leave it? I don't use it much other then MSN IM and web browsing but ram is so cheap right now.

[Silver Bullet]

Depends what type of ram it uses and if you can get it cheap. I've seen 1GB modules for less than $30, in that case maybe going to 1.5GB would be a good idea. You probably have a 256MB + 512MB stick, so you might want to replace the 256MB stick with a 1GB stick.

[Scottie]

Depends what type of ram it uses and if you can get it cheap. I've seen 1GB modules for less than $30, in that case maybe going to 1.5GB would be a good idea. You probably have a 256MB + 512MB stick, so you might want to replace the 256MB stick with a 1GB stick.

I saw on a thread they have 1 GB stick for like $19 do you think 1.5 GB would be good?

[Silver Bullet]

Should be more than enough.

[willy]

Your notebook uses DDR2, right ?

[Amourek]

Simple way to determine how much RAM you need. Fire up the most intensive task(s) that you do, open up the task manager and check your PF usage. If it exceeds the amount of RAM you have, then more will help. If not, then you'd be throwing your money away.

[stormy13]

Just remember you need SO-DIMM sticks.

[rabbit]

If it's cheap, I would do it (2GB). Once RAM gets obsolete, it is $$$$$. You can't go wrong with lots of RAM.

[hytong]

Memory, Pages/Sec - this is one of the most misunderstood measures.
A high value for this counter does not necessarily imply that your performance bottleneck is shortage of RAM. The operating system uses the paging system for purposes other than swapping pages due to memory over commitment.

Memory, Pages Output/Sec - this shows how many virtual memory pages were written to the pagefile to free RAM page frames for other purposes each second.
This is the best counter to monitor if you suspect that paging is your performance bottleneck. Even if Committed Bytes is greater than the installed RAM, if Pages Output/sec is low or zero most of the time, there is not a significant performance problem from not enough RAM.

Source: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555223/en-us

[Zertz]

Pentium M's use DDR, no? If so, the upgrade isn't worth it, DDR is expensive.

[Desolatax]

Pentium M's use DDR, no? If so, the upgrade isn't worth it, DDR is expensive.

Depends on the Chipset, some use DDR and some use DDR2. I think the T43's use DDR2, they are only Pentium M cpu's

[Scottie]

Your notebook uses DDR2, right ?

yes

[Deals Deals Deals]

Definitely upgrade. Ram is so cheap now. You will see the difference when you close windows, minimize windows, open programs, etc.

[akbar_k]

Don't upgrade. You won't notice anything. Cook your sweetheart a lovely meal and relax at home. You'll feel better.

[jadoocian]

yeah im thinking if you only use it for email/MSN etc... it won't really benefit...