So, I got my tax return and I figure I'll upgrade my computer a little. SO...



1. Can I mix and match RAM? There is 256mb of pc133, Do I have to get another stick of 256?

2. I thought someone told me that If you run 2 hard drives the bigger one should be primary. Is this true?



thanks for the replies (if any) lol

 

you can mix and match ram but realize that both should be pc133 otherwise your bus speed will run at the lower frequency... It was in the olden days that you had to fill the ram slots in a set of 4....



well, I personally don't care which one is primary and which is secondary. I usually set the faster one, (one with higher rpms) as my primary with all my windows and program **** in it and then leave the other one as storage... IE backup just in case some day I decide to format my primary....

 

You can mix and match ram, as long as the ram is compatible with the other ram.



I upgraded my computer a while back and my 128 stick was several years old so it wasnt compatible with the newer ram sticks.

 

cool thanks guys!

edit- I found a store with a pc133 512mb for a good price. Should I put the bigger stick in the slot closer to the cpu ( where the one stick is now)?

 

Lol... And as long as you don't mix DIMMS with SIMMS...



And yes, if you run 2 HD's one has to be primary and one slave... Even if they are on seperate EIDE's

 

OOps... Didn't read enuff... Hard drive size doesn't matter when selecting primary and secondary... Well, depending on what you have them doing...

 

it doesn't matter which slot you have the 512 stick in











atleast it doesn't matter to me

 

I'm thinking about upgrading to a Pentium 75.

 

Whats that mean? lol

 

RAM is good, it helps get rid of the sluggishness..