ph5172 Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 I have an older laptop i have just reloaded and added windows 10 Its awful at multi tasking (i dont think the processor is the best but its only for web browsing and a course i have started) and its 4gb or ram is running at near on 50% constantly, i have removed the bloatware I was thinking increasing the ram slightly may help? Does anyone have another 4gb stick they would be willing to sell (it has a free slot) As you can tell this about the limit of my laptop knowledge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyefor Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 My old(ish) 2013 Macbook Pro had 4gb Ram (2 x 2Gb) which was struggling, so I just upgraded to 2 x 4Gb Kinston bought off Amazon. Cost about £60 and well worth it. I also free up my memory every couple of days which definitely helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_R Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 Check that it does only have one full slot in case you need to dispose of what you have as per Eyefor's message. That's what I had to do also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr gen Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 If it has a free slot then if you do want to add more ram you will have to get matched pairs for them to work properly also it might be worth checking out what mother board you have and seeing if there is the possibility of getting a better CPU you might be able to get a faster one or add more cores. Another thing to check out is are you running a 32bit machine or 64bit as you are limited to 4GB of ram with a 32bit 64bit you could get 2x8GB or more. It has been a long time since I built my last computer so I might be already out of date with some of this info but past with experiences there is always something that can be done good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff999x Posted August 3, 2018 Report Share Posted August 3, 2018 I’ve got two sticks you can have for free just cover the postage. PM me your email and I’ll send you a photo of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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