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How much ram for Windows XP?

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crazygal

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I have 256 and I don't have any issues with it yet. I'm wondering whther or not to add another 256 or 512. Suggestions?
Also, how much is pc133 ram going for these days (in both 256 and 512 stick form)?
 
256 MB is probably OK for XP, but as always with Windows, more is better. PC-133 (non-ECC) is running from $33-55 for 256 MB and $55-75 for 512MB at NewEgg.

-cap
 
ECC is error checking and correction or sometimes also called error correcting code, typically used in server systems and such. It's not worth the money and your motherboard may not even support it.
 
512 for stability and no lag. 1GB for real performance. RAM is rather cheap nowdays, just make sure you get quality modules.
 
More than 512 is overkill unless you're using several apps and then playing a memory hungry game on top of that. 512 is plenty, 256 is ok if you don't do a lot of multitasking or play games.
 
128--->256MB...I can feel a HUGE difference w/XP
256--->512MB...its faster, but I can't feel it.
512--->1024MB....makes zero difference.
 
I say you can barley make it by with 256MB. Maybe if you plan on only having MS word open. But 512 MB well make your life a whole lot easier. It is a cheap and easy upgrade worth making.
 
256 is liveable if u turn themes off and some other eye candy (will use less resources), but I have 512 on all of my Home pc's. 256 in a majority of the XP pro machines I admin @ work (at boot, they are only using 100mb or so becasue I disabled all the extra crap). My rig has 768 at work tho 🙂 No differe4nce between 512 and 768 for the most part in everyday useage.
 
Originally posted by: BenjaminGun
i have 64mb pc-100 and xp pro, and it's killing me!
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Search for "XP tips and tricks" on the 'Net and hopefully you'll find a site that I did that outlines how to customize XP for a lower power system. I'm running a pretty old comp - although not to the level of your comp, no offense - and it worked wonders.

Basically you're turning off all the nonessential stuff that XP likes to load. All the "eyecandy" that just sucks up power and really gives nothing in return.
 
I wouldn't like to run XP with less than 256Mb. I personally have 512Mb of PC2100 and its fine.

BTW - why isn't this in Operating Systems??? 😕
 
I would never recommend less than 256mb...especially with today prices

512mb is a good amount...I am soon to upgrade to 1gb (which will then be Dual Channel) as I do video, image and sound editing.

Jamie
 
I agree, 512Mb is good, lot less swapping and thrashing than 256Mb. Having said that, I have a gig of PC2700 because I use Premiere & Photoshop at the same time quite a lot, and Premiere alone will gobble about 600Mb after a while. Makes things much smoother though 🙂

Dopefiend
 
I say you can barley make it by with 256MB. Maybe if you plan on only having MS word open.
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I have one PC with 256mb and one with 512mb,both have XP installed and yes 512mb is the sweet spot however even with 256mb it was fine and I also did quite a bit of gaming as well.
 
Originally posted by: Shooters
ECC is error checking and correction or sometimes also called error correcting code, typically used in server systems and such. It's not worth the money and your motherboard may not even support it.
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ECC is also slightly slower, due to the time it takes to check
 
Originally posted by: clicknext
128 doesn't cut it. 256 runs XP fine. 512 is better. 1024 is unnecessary for most.
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I agree with this. Except for Photoshoppers and certain games, having more than 512MB is not that noticable.

With 256MB, surfing the Internet with Winamp open along with a couple IMs will do just fine.

Yes, RAM is cheap. But it's not that cheap. It still costs money, especially up here in Canada... :frown:
 
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