Best upgrade for my pc?

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I know my system is getting old.. but it still works. I plan on purchasing a new pc anyway in a month or two.. however.. I have about $150 in Best Buy cards to spend. I was eyeing the ram I saw in the hot deals thread from BB..

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7048688&type=product&id=1107957009543

I was thinking of getting 2 strips to bring my current machine to 2gb.

Any other upgrades anyone can think of for the pc in my sig?

(Must be available at BB due to cards)
 
I assume your 1GB of existing ram is 2 sticks of 512mb? If so, most motherboards will not work well with 4 sticks of ram in it. I think the rams speed will be lowered but I'm not sure.

You could sell the ram you have now on something like ebay, and buy 2 sticks of 1GB from bestbuy.
 
yea I have 2 512 strips now.

My board is a dual channel board.. with 4 slots.. I figured it would be ok.

Selling my current ram would leave me without a machine.. till I could get the cash..

and buying 2 1gb strips from BB would be $$$$$$$ last I checked they were like 200 each from there.
 
Well I am pretty sure running 4 sticks of ram in the memory banks will give you reduced performance. I wanted to get 2GB of ram but I was told having 4 sticks is a bad idea. I suggest you look into this more or maybe someone can confirm what I am saying.

There are cheap 1GB value sticks around from Corsair, geil and crucial which work just as well as the more expensive ones, those are an option. It is up to you really, but I would just keep with 1GB for now.
 
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