I have an older desktop computer for my daughter's use which was
adequate until she is now in high school. She complains that she can't
play on-line games because the computer is too slow. I'm wondering if
additional RAM would help, and if so whether it is worth buying for such
an old computer.
INFO:
Dell Optiplex GX240
1700 MHz. Pentium 4; 3/256 KB memory cache
Bus 100 MHz.
Windows 2000 Pro SP4
Drives: 40 GB, 26 GB free
Memory: 384 MB total: DIMM_A: 256 MB and DIMM_B: 128 MB
(1) I can't find a way to enter the service tag for the Dell computer
at the Dell web site;
(2) Googeling the computer model, I see that a 512 MB memory card costs
about $65 -- this would replace the 128 MB memory to upgrade to at total
of 768 MB
(3) Looking at Task Manager, a single program with a few directory
windows open shows that only 10 -- 30 MB of RAM are available
QUESTIONS:
(1) Would additional memory significantly increase the speed of the
computer?
(2) If the answer to the above is "yes," would it be reasonable to
spend money to upgrade such an old computer?
(3) Is there a place to buy the needed memory much cheaper than the
$65/half-GB memory?
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