It's been a long time since I priced RAM but $76 for 4 each 1GB sticks at crucial.com doesn't sound so bad to me. Of course, that might be more than was paid for the computer but......... -----Original Message----- From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of EddieB Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 11:25 PM To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: New (to me) computer There are Ramdisk's that could use more, but I think there are a lot of compatibility issues with such software, so they never really got too popular. That PC can only take a maximum of 4GB anyway (if you use 1GB sticks in each of the 4 slots). That older DDR2 memory is fairly expensive compared to newer memory types. --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------