If all my mom does is play games and surfs the net, should i upgrade her RAM?

[ManBearPig]

From 3GB to 8GB?

 

[450]

No.

 

[BoomerD]

I guess it depends on what games she plays and the rest of her system specs...but probably not.

 

[gorcorps]

If she doesn't have a 64 bit machine and OS, she can't even use it

 

[max347]

nope, save for an ssd

 

[M0RPH]

What made you think of upgrading ram?

 

[biostud]

depends on how much spyware she has running in the background

 

[ManBearPig]

What made you think of upgrading ram?

I found some ram for like $30-35 for 8 gigs! Figured why not.

 

[Blain]

I found some ram for like $30-35 for 8 gigs! Figured why not.

1. No she has enough
2. Would her MB support 8GB, if so in what DIMM configuration?

 

[Thermalzeal]

As said above, she would need 64 bit OS to utilize the memory. I just put my mom on Windows 8 dev preview and she likes it, and it's a lot harder for her to mess it up.

 

[infoiltrator]

Why not?

 

[ManBearPig]

oh, she has Win 7 64bit, so it should be fine. Thanks for the advice people. I'll probably just leave it be for now.