Please advise on this computer spec.

[johnoo]

My m/c has the folowing charactoristics:-

AMD 7750 Dual Core Processer 2.7GHz

384MB RAM

Hard Drive 150Gb, only 11%full.

Could you advise if I need any upgrades?

What is the differance between the AMD devise and the RAM, or are they part of the same package?

I run on windows XP SP3, and do not use m/c for games.

[AlanHo]

If the computer is doing all you need from it without problems - then the answer is no - it aint broke so don't fix it.

Only you can decide whether to upgrade or not - but for sure if you move to Vista or the forthcoming Windows 7 an upgrade will be necessary.

[Alan2273]

As you are using an AMD 7750 Dual Core Processer, this means you are using a 940 pin motherboard, unless you have an AM3 board, you should be able to upgrade your memory to at least 2GB's if not 4GB.

This link will tell you what memory is compatable as 384 mb's is not a lot.

http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/drammemory...CFZ4A4wody2jDPw

If you are unsure of the components in your computer download thius program and it will tell you.

http://www.cpuid.com/pcwizard.php

Once you upgrade the memory it will run Vista or the new Windows 7 operating systems.

If you are happy to stay with XP, then a memory upgrade will still speed your computer up.

[johnoo]

Quite interesting, when I do a "Crucial " scan it says I have 512Mb installed memory.

But when I go into "My Computer" it says 384Mb of Ram.

Why the differance?

[CurlyWhirly]

Quite interesting, when I do a "Crucial " scan it says I have 512Mb installed memory.

But when I go into "My Computer" it says 384Mb of Ram.

Why the differance?

Your probably using onboard graphics (as opposed to a dedicated graphics card) and the onboard graphics are maybe using some of the system RAM - in your case 128 MB