Memory Upgrade

[cc48127]

Hello,
I have a compaq presario model SR2150NX. It runs very slow! 512MB memory and 120GB hard drive. If I upgrade the memory, will it run faster?

 

[gwb56]

cc48127, It would help to a point upgrading your RAM http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.aspx?model=Presario+SR2150NX
Also, be aware, that when a hard drive becomes half or over half full the read and write times slow down too. Keep your system clean of junk files. http://filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/ is a very good program for this purpose. And keep your hard drive defragmented. Cheers...Garry

 

[Jonmor68]

I would remove the 512MB stick and install 2 x 1GB, you'll find it will run much smoother.
512MB is nowhere near enough for Vista.

 

[Ijack]

RAM upgrade is one of the most cost-effective ways of increasing the performance of a computer (within certain limits). As Jonmor says, Vista needs at least 1 GB - preferably 2. You probably notice a lot of hard drive activity currently due to swap file usage which slows things down dramatically.

As long as you have more than 20% free disk space don't worry about that. Microsoft always used to say - and I presume they still do - that performance of an NTFS partition will not suffer until there is less than 15% free space. Defragging the drive is worth doing if you haven't done so recently.

 

[cc48127]

Best answer selected by cc48127.

 

[cc48127]

Thank you so much. I have added 2GB and my computer runs like new!