Yo!
It's been a long time since I last posted in here. Happy to report that my graphics card that I got and installed has been chugging along well and good for a few years now. It's now pushing two screens, one at 1920x1080 and one at 1366x768.
Anyway, I have a question about upgrading RAM. You see, I'm a game developer, which means I often have a web browser, an IDE like IntelliJ IDEA or Eclipse, Blender (a 3D modeling program), a music player, and a couple of other things open at a time, and my computer frequently feels quite sluggish. I figure adding more memory and upgrading the CPU would be helpful to get around the slow feel of my computer.
Currently, my computer's got 4GB of 1066-MHz DDR3 DIMM RAM, apparently; I've yet to upgrade anything other than the graphics card, so it's got the "usual" specs so far. For specifics, the spec sheet can be gotten from Dell's website here.
I've seen the ultimate Dell Inspiron 570 upgrade guide, so I think I should be OK to get more RAM, but I can't really figure out which chips I should get. Ideally, I'd get them from Amazon as I have Prime, so it'd be free 2 day shipping, but it's rather difficult to understand exactly which stats matter and which chips I would actually be able to use. Any ideas?
It's been a long time since I last posted in here. Happy to report that my graphics card that I got and installed has been chugging along well and good for a few years now. It's now pushing two screens, one at 1920x1080 and one at 1366x768.

Anyway, I have a question about upgrading RAM. You see, I'm a game developer, which means I often have a web browser, an IDE like IntelliJ IDEA or Eclipse, Blender (a 3D modeling program), a music player, and a couple of other things open at a time, and my computer frequently feels quite sluggish. I figure adding more memory and upgrading the CPU would be helpful to get around the slow feel of my computer.
Currently, my computer's got 4GB of 1066-MHz DDR3 DIMM RAM, apparently; I've yet to upgrade anything other than the graphics card, so it's got the "usual" specs so far. For specifics, the spec sheet can be gotten from Dell's website here.
I've seen the ultimate Dell Inspiron 570 upgrade guide, so I think I should be OK to get more RAM, but I can't really figure out which chips I should get. Ideally, I'd get them from Amazon as I have Prime, so it'd be free 2 day shipping, but it's rather difficult to understand exactly which stats matter and which chips I would actually be able to use. Any ideas?