It's a RAM quickie

[lanal]

My Acer Aspire notebook is slow; jumping from application to application is tiresome, it lags, freezes, and "Not responding"s all the time. It isn't a daily driver but it's a major chore to turn on for anything the iPad can't handle.

I'm currently rocking a whopping 3GB of Elpida's finest RAM, and potentially looking to snap up some Crucial 4GB (2x2GB) or 8GB RAM (2x4GB) to give it a kick up the bum for £25/£50.

Question: Would a cheap(ish) RAM upgrade help me?

Specs:
Core i3-330M (2.13Ghz)
3 GB - PC3-8500s (DDR3-1066)
(5 mins after boot I'm running at c. 85% RAM usage on Task Manager with nothing open, 45 minutes (with 1 x excel open, 1 x firefox (3 tabs) open I'm running at c. 40% RAM usage).

Usage:
Non-intensive - mainly MS Office, Web and yet still incredibly slow.

Thank you.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Only upgrade RAM if your RAM ever actually reached your current max (3GB). Also make sure you're buying compatible RAM (I am not knowledgeable on laptop RAM compatibility).

I do think some more RAM will help.

 

[lanal]

Only upgrade RAM if your RAM ever actually reached your current max (3GB). Also make sure you're buying compatible RAM (I am not knowledgeable on laptop RAM compatibility).

I do think some more RAM will help.

Thank you for your reply bud. I decided to double the RAM (up to 6 GB) and a quicker rating and it has really sharpened it up.

I only saw it reach around 90% usage (still for very light usage) but for the reasonable cost involved I decided just to go for it to give it a try. And it worked out well