Dell Xps 400 ram

Justin7 · 08-24-2009, 02:25 PM

My Dell Xps 400 is going to celebrate its 4 yo bday soon. OK its no fun at all.

I plan to add 4gb ram to replace the 1gb ram in it. Any suggestion on what kind of ram should I buy? And where will I get some good deal? I believe my Xps 400 has 4 ram slot in it.

**wrench97** · 08-24-2009, 02:32 PM

Yes it has 4 slots and will hold 1 gig per slot, how ever XP 32bit will only recognize around 3.2 gig so you may just want to keep the 2, 512's and add 2, 1Gig sticks. In Dells I always use Crucial > http://www.crucial.com/store/mpartsp...F207A0A5CA7304

**simpswr** · 08-24-2009, 03:44 PM

What Operating System do you use? . . XP will not use much over 2Gig of RAM

Justin7 · 08-25-2009, 10:19 AM

I am running XP on it. You mean 4gb of ram will not be fully occupied by XP? Will i get the full performance with 2gb of ram in XP compare to having 4gb in vista?

pallepr · 08-25-2009, 11:17 AM

2GB and XP is fine. But as always, it depends on what you work with.

64bit Vista/4GB won't give you more usable memory than 32bit XP/4GB on your hardware.

**simpswr** · 08-25-2009, 11:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Justin7

I am running XP on it. You mean 4gb of ram will not be fully occupied by XP? Will i get the full performance with 2gb of ram in XP compare to having 4gb in vista?

Probably better . . But win7 cures most of the performance issues in Vista

08-24-2009, 02:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
Justin7 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: OK Posts: 19 OS: XP	Dell Xps 400 ram My Dell Xps 400 is going to celebrate its 4 yo bday soon. OK its no fun at all. I plan to add 4gb ram to replace the 1gb ram in it. Any suggestion on what kind of ram should I buy? And where will I get some good deal? I believe my Xps 400 has 4 ram slot in it.

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wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,657 OS: Win7	Re: Dell Xps 400 ram Yes it has 4 slots and will hold 1 gig per slot, how ever XP 32bit will only recognize around 3.2 gig so you may just want to keep the 2, 512's and add 2, 1Gig sticks. In Dells I always use Crucial > http://www.crucial.com/store/mpartsp...F207A0A5CA7304 __________________ Power Supply and Selection

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08-25-2009, 10:19 AM	#4 (permalink)
Justin7 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: OK Posts: 19 OS: XP	Re: Dell Xps 400 ram I am running XP on it. You mean 4gb of ram will not be fully occupied by XP? Will i get the full performance with 2gb of ram in XP compare to having 4gb in vista?

08-25-2009, 11:17 AM	#5 (permalink)
pallepr Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 35 OS: xp	Re: Dell Xps 400 ram 2GB and XP is fine. But as always, it depends on what you work with. 64bit Vista/4GB won't give you more usable memory than 32bit XP/4GB on your hardware.