Computer Learning

[lostcowboy]

Hi Rossi, just thought I would throw my two cents in here! First let me say that both Bruce and Ruellit are correct. The reason they are correct is they are looking at your question from different view points. How ever there are some more important things to be looking at, being that you are talking about pc100, and pc133, you are talking about a older computer which is close to its end life. If it is at all possible you should be looking at upgrading the whole computer not just the memory. Very few of the new MB's can use the old pc100,pc133 memory, so any memory you buy now cannot be transfered to a new computer. Right now I believe you will get more bang for your buck, If you can go ahead and buy ether a new computer or a bare bones unit with the memory to go with it. Myself I went with a bare bones system with compatible memory, and a new hard drive. I then transfered my floppy and CD ROM drives to the new computer. Being that I am a old fashion type of guy I went to a discount computer store, MSC Computer in Carroliton TX. I got a bare bones system for $149, cooling fan for $19.99, 512 megs of ddr256 memory for $91.98, a 80GIG hard drive for $85.99, and a CDRW for $39.99. All together with tax's it came to $418.87,That was almost a year ago.

Ok, back to pc100 pc133 debate, Check to see how much of your swap file is in use,There is a program called system monitor that can check up on that. http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,18519,pg,1,00.asp on the second page they talk about memory. You want enough ram where you are not using your swap file to much. Use pc133 as it is cheaper! In your bios you set your memory speed for the slowest memory you have. The normal saying is, Faster memory will run slower, but slower memory cannot run faster. In general for windows 98 you will be happy with 150 meg and greater. I would not go beyond 500 megs! Also get Cacheman and run the wizard settings. http://www.outertech.com/index.php?_charisma_page=product&id=2&PHPSESSID=354f6596ac2759c66a4...