2 yr old build needs upgrade

[Declan D]

hey ok so been long time since i used this site but i did eventually build a comp as was well impressed with site help now comp is lagging a little and as i have no clue as to whats good and whats compatible thought id ask for help here here is list of what a bought

1 x Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H 785G Socket AM2+ VGA DVI HDMI Out 8 Channel Audio MATX Motherboard 174223 £54.49
1 x Crucial 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 1066MHz/PC2-8500 Ballistix Memory Non-ECC Unbuffered CL5 Lifetime Warranty 142405 £37.83
1 x AMD Athlon X2 245 2.9GHZ Socket AM3 2MB Cache Retail Box Processor 168975 £41.67
1 x Galaxy Black Mid Tower Case with Blue Bubble Light LED Strip - 450W PSU 136491 £26.07
1 x Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache 173804 £48.65

all ebuyer i also have 2 dvd drives running win 7 32bit

basically i know i can just add more mem but with prices i don't know if i should change processor and existing mem or even if that's possible

thanks in advance for any help or recommendations you can give

Declan

[RickyTick]

I would start with adding ram and see what it does. Look for a kit of 4gb(2x2gb) of DDR2 1066. Should be fairly easy to find.

[Declan D]

Thanks for the quick reply. Just a few extra questions. First is ddr2 actually good ram to go forward with. I have found the following 2 on ebuyer what's your opinion on them. Ie. Quality/value. And finaly what's the difference in them other than price.

http://www.ebuyer.com/148859-kingston-4gb-2x2gb-ddr2-1066mhz-pc2-8500-hyperx-memory-cl5-2-2v-khx8500d2k2-4g

http://www.ebuyer.com/159196-kingston-4gb-2x2gb-ddr2-1066mhz-pc2-8500-hyperx-t1-memory-kit-cl5-2-2v-khx8500d2t1k2-4g

Thanks again
Declan

[RickyTick]

Those are both very good. I would go with the less expensive one.

[Declan D]

bought memory and replaced old stuff (comp only recognising 3.25gb anyway) but after checking memory on crucial website it says its only DDR PC2-6400 not 8500 i went on to bios and changed mhz so it says 1066 and upped power by 0.2 to 2.0 and its still staying same. im a bit of a bios virgin so any other changes i will need walked through

[RickyTick]

You need to know what voltage the ram is supposed to run at, and don't deviate from that. If you're using a 32-bit operating system like Windows XP, then about the max amount of ram your system will recognize is 3.5.