This has been a good year as far as RAM (Random Access Memory) prices are concerned. DDR2 RAM (used by the latest Intel processors and motherboards) has been cheap for the past few months. When I upgraded my son’s computer recently I originally went for 1GB of RAM (it’s running Windows XP). But since RAM was so cheap, I figured what the heck, I’d get him another 1GB of Kingston DDR2 RAM. It only cost me RM63 (about $19 USD). And the nice thing is that most memory manufacturers (Kingston included) offer a lifetime warranty on RAM. Beat that!
If you have an earlier Pentium 4 system with the Socket 478 processor layout, you’d be using DDR RAM, which costs just a little more than DDR2 RAM. So if you have 512MB of RAM or less than that in your desktop or laptop, I’d encourage you to add more, especially if you’re running or plan to run Windows Vista. Who knows, RAM prices might go up later this year, I dunno.
One caveat, though. 32-bit Windows systems (most users are running 32-bit systems) can only access up to only 4GB of RAM, so don’t go overboard! 64-bit versions can support up to 128GB of RAM.
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