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I'm not a techie and need some help.

I just got a 4850 for my xps410. It only has 2gig of ram and was wondering if I should put more in when I upgrade to vista (for dx10). What is a good brand of memory for it and can that mobo handle more? Do I need to buy 2x2 gig ram or what?

I'm pretty out of touch with all this techie stuff and need help. Thanks in advance!

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From the Dell website http://www.dell.com/us/en/dfh/desk [...] b=specstab :

- Up to 4GB Dual-Channel DDR2 SDRAM (667MHz, 2 or 4 DIMMs)

My GUESS is you have 2x1GB installed. Look under the hood and check - you should see 4 slots for memory, only 2 occupied. Since the spec SAYS it will take 4 DIMMs, you can add 2x1GB chips like this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231055

Note, however, upgrading to 4G will only give you about 2.75G memory unless you go 64-bit Vista.

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Message edited by Twoboxer on 06-27-2009 at 08:04:15 AM

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4GB SHould Be Plenty But A 64-Bit OS Is A Must And Id Go With This RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820220335 Its The Same Ram Im Running And Its Good Stable And Fast, Did I Mention Cheap?

I Know Its DDR2-800 And Not 667 But It Wont Matter And The Same Amount Of 667 Will Cost About The Same

Message edited by Hella-D on 06-27-2009 at 08:49:06 AM

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Also, would you guys recommend going with windows 7 64 bit instead of just doing the vista upgrade? I know dx10 will work with windows 7...

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Well... "upgrading" an existing installation causes all sorts of trouble. You can download the Win 7 RC and use that until Win 7 comes out, if you don't mind being one of MS's guinea pigs, uh, I mean valued testers .

. . . and if you don't mind paying a BIG price come March lol.

Nothing's free.

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Twoboxer wrote :

From the Dell website http://www.dell.com/us/en/dfh/desk [...] b=specstab :

- Up to 4GB Dual-Channel DDR2 SDRAM (667MHz, 2 or 4 DIMMs)

Official garbage.

The 410 will accept 8 gigs of PC6400

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