"Rollingstone06" <no@spam.invalid> wrote in message
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> Hey folks,
>
> I'm thinking of getting an upgrade to my hard drive. I now have 160
> GB. Was thinking of getting 160 GB more added.
>
> 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 will there be no tangible difference?
>
> In any case, plz advise whether 512 Mt memory is compatible with a 320
> 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?
>

Don' t fully agree with the suggestions of REPLACING your old drive by a
bigger one. Keep your existing one (if not too old and having normal
performance) for windows and programs and add a new one for your data, swap
file and eventually back-ups. Doing so, you will avoid a lot of problems if
you have to reinstall windows or if your older drive crashes. Of course, the
new drive might be as large as your budget allows.
And as you understand from other messages, adding 512 MB will never hurt and
could increase system performance depending of your applications.
Apply Paul's advice and check regularly your memory usage in the Task
Manager before making a decision.