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Hey folks,
My hard drive's now caput. (Luckily, it's under warranty.) When the new 160 GB replacement comes from the manufacturer, I was thinking of getting 160 GB or 320 GB more added, in the available slot inside the tower drive.
Should I also increase my tower drive's memory, to 1 GB, while I'm at it? Here's what I have at present:
AMD Athlon XP 3000+ Barton V 2167 MHZ
ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe NForce2 LAN DDR400, sata
Samsung 160 GT S-ata 7200 rpm
Memory: 512 Mt 400 MHz DDR CL 2.5 DIMM
Antec Sonata Piano 380W
Plz let me know what advantage will I get, if any, by increasing my PC's memory to 1 GB if I increase to a hard drive power of 320 GB (or 480 GB if I got with the 320 GB hard drive)?
Or will there be no tangible difference?
In any case, plz advise whether 512 Mt memory is compatible with a 320 GB (or 480 GB) hard drive in total?
Cheers,
RS
PS. Please pardon the noobishness of this, but what exactly is the function of that memory card. (I.e. what memory function does it control?)
PS. One more Q: if I decide to upgrade memory, is it simply a matter of adding it to the motherboard's slot, or would I have to discard the 512 Mt chip, i.e. not an add-on? And what about my OS -- would I have to reload XP again?
My hard drive's now caput. (Luckily, it's under warranty.) When the new 160 GB replacement comes from the manufacturer, I was thinking of getting 160 GB or 320 GB more added, in the available slot inside the tower drive.
Should I also increase my tower drive's memory, to 1 GB, while I'm at it? Here's what I have at present:
AMD Athlon XP 3000+ Barton V 2167 MHZ
ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe NForce2 LAN DDR400, sata
Samsung 160 GT S-ata 7200 rpm
Memory: 512 Mt 400 MHz DDR CL 2.5 DIMM
Antec Sonata Piano 380W
Plz let me know what advantage will I get, if any, by increasing my PC's memory to 1 GB if I increase to a hard drive power of 320 GB (or 480 GB if I got with the 320 GB hard drive)?
Or will there be no tangible difference?
In any case, plz advise whether 512 Mt memory is compatible with a 320 GB (or 480 GB) hard drive in total?
Cheers,
RS
PS. Please pardon the noobishness of this, but what exactly is the function of that memory card. (I.e. what memory function does it control?)
PS. One more Q: if I decide to upgrade memory, is it simply a matter of adding it to the motherboard's slot, or would I have to discard the 512 Mt chip, i.e. not an add-on? And what about my OS -- would I have to reload XP again?