What does memory do?

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[cassiem0221]

Most of us just know that we need memory and that is stores stuff and that's it. I came across this page that has some good information on it and thought that I would share it with anyone who is like me and trying to educate yourself on what all stuff REALLY does... Here's the page http://www.howstuffworks.com/computer-memory.htm It explains the different types and needs and everything. Hope it helps someone like it did me

[Xtreview]

Nice link  (Bookmarked).

[wocketdm]

Nice link!

So did i get it right in that video at the bottom in that link that i should place my memory ( 2x 2024 mb) in separate banks? for possibly better results?

i got dual-mem-banks on my board

[Xtreview]

Right also check your motherboard manual to find out the correct memory slot for dual channel.

[reiserrob2003]

to add to to this question, why is more memory better than less? For example, if i have 2gbs of ram in my PC and decide to upgrade to 4, will there be a point to where it is just overkill or does your PC always utilize all of its ram resources, or is there a point where the amount of applications I'm running just doesn't utilize all of its memory?

[Xtreview]

First the more ram = the better = the more system resource , the same principle for HDD .
However, ram under 32 bits os is worthless over 3.2 GB since the operating system cannot  see the whole memory .
Under 64 bits os the situation is improved, and u can use all the memory up to 64 GB ,

In our day for web surfing and simple task 2 Gb is more than enough , for gaming 4 Gb can be required in some case , 6 and 8 GB + are either for servers or for professional task as image and video editing .