:( ok. How does it work. Cuz im gonna get more RAM and i have a weak powersupply on 230v and im wondering if It could handle more RAM, im going to get a new power supply, but not right now.
:( ok. How does it work. Cuz im gonna get more RAM and i have a weak powersupply on 230v and im wondering if It could handle more RAM, im going to get a new power supply, but not right now.ia-sneakpeek
it should be able to handle more RAM, RAM isn't really that PSU intesive but it also depends on what other hardware you have.
Ok, Hertz is a relative thing. We need to know the brand and model of your CPU, not just it's speed. A 2000 Mhz CPU from Intel (depending on the model) will use far less power than a 2000 Mhz CPU from AMD (also depending on its model). Others here have said that RAM is not a power muncher, but thats not true at all. In fact, RAM (more often than not) tends to be on of the top 3 things in acomputer that sucks up juice from your PSU. Drives are now one of the least power hungry items. Also when it comes to measureing electic power usage in a PC we use watt's to break everyting down. This also helps us factor in energy waste (or expected "heat" build up). What we need you to do is tell us the type of RAM you have and how much, the wattage of your PSU, the make and model of your video card, and how many internal HDD's and and optical drives you have. But to keep things simple if you have at least a quality 500 watt PSU and a single video card you should be just fine in going up to 4 gigs of DDR or DDR2. 8 gigs of DDR3 may be pushing it though.
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