upgrading an OLD computer

anaela

i have an old computer, NEC Direction 233L, that I'm trying to upgrade to my standards. So far the only thing I've installed was a network card. went swell. now i need more RAM on my computer.

http://www.archmemory.com/memory.cfm/NEC-Memory-Direction-Direction-233L-266L-300L-24971
these are the RAM that I can install to the computer. im lookin at the 128MB

now the limit on the PC is around 384MB of RAM. BUT if i replace the current RAM on my computer - do i have to backup my computer before replacing them? and also if i buy a external hard drive, will that extended the RAM on the computer?

coreymanshack

anaela

my computer needs it. it always show virtual memory too low , so i think its time for some more RAM.

thank you for answering my question.

OH WAIT, so that basically means an external hard disk just makes space for whatever meshmosh i want to save, right?

anaela

plus the programs that i use or want to use requires at least 128MB RAM installed on the computer and requires the computer to be well operated (no slowpokes), so will replacing all 3 still be a wise choice?

coreymanshack

shkhanal

Yes coreymanshack is right. Better consider buying new comupter rather than trying to upgrade your old computer. You might need to spend a lot of money of small increments and that never can make your computer as needed.

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Parkour_Jarrod

I agree you can buy a reasonable computer with about a gig of ram at least for about $600 nowadays and that price drops by an average of $10 a month so yeah, get a new computer every computer gets outdated as soon as you take it out of the box, no point trying to keep it up to speed when its over 3 years old

anaela

well i learned that without spending any money. i went to a computer repair store and they did a diagonsed (however you spell it). it costed alot to upgrade it to the rate of newer computers. so for now, i have a laptop, average gag space, but works SSOO much better than my 25yr old desktop, lol.

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