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Is it worth upgrading the memory of a PCV-RS404? |
africangrey650
Rank: Sony Fan
Joined: Oct 07, 2007
Posts: 5
From: UK
 |  Posted: 2009-11-04 08:40
Hi
I have a PCV-RS404 which works well but seems a little sluggish nowadays.
It has the normal 512MB memmory installed but I understand it can be upgraded to 2GB.
Questions:
- any advice?
- is it worth upgrading it?
- has anyone done it?
- any likely problems?
Looking forward to hearing something in due course.
Many thanks & cheers
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NiteHawk
Rank: Sony King
Joined: Oct 25, 2001
Posts: 1817
From: Poughkeepsie, New York
 |  Posted: 2009-11-04 17:25
Sluggishness is a time honored feature of Windows, unless you perform routine maitntenance; to include disk clean-up of your hard drives, registry files and disk defrag. Some people will go to the extent of doing a "clean" install every year, to assure optimal performance.
Inceasing memory will generally improve system performance and reduce response times (for that multi-tasker in all of us); video/photo editing, creating CD/DVD, gaming (don't laugh) etc.
You can click here to get a general sense of the cost to increase your memory.
But personally, I find a clean install priceless. Provided you have the time and everything back-up. Right.
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claudio
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Rank: Sony King
Joined: Aug 30, 2001
Posts: 1974
From: Rockville, MD
 | Posted: 2009-11-04 18:18
What operating system do you have? I think the biggest things to slow down a computer are free disk ratio, memory and how many programs you have running/using processes. Clean install is the best like NiteHawk says but it takes the most time to do. If you do what NiteHack says by cleaning hard drive, disk defrag, check what items you have in your startup menu. Also, if you run "msconfig" in the start command line, you can see what runs on startup.
Also, memory definitely helps and with the cheap cost of memory, it always good to upgrade to the most memory possible. I know that XP needs a minmium of 1 gb and at least 2gb to run somewhat smoothly.
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