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Step-By-Step: Add RAM for a Faster PC

Stan Miastkowski

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Benefits: Increase system performance, keep more applications open, and improve graphics and video editing.

Cost: 128MB, $25 to $35; 256MB, $40 to $60; 512MB, $80 to $120 (Prices were averages at press time. Check with your dealer for the latest.)

Tools required: Phillips screwdriver, antistatic wrist strap (recommended)

Expertise level: Intermediate

Time required: 15 minutes

Vendors: Corsair (www.corsairmemory.com), Crucial Technology (www.crucial.com), Kingston Technology (www.kingston.com), Mushkin (www.mushkin.com), PNY Technologies (www.pny.com), SimpleTech (www.simpletech.com), Viking InterWorks (www.vikinginterworks.com)

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