Old PC Upgrade #1: Options & RAM

Upgrading a desktop PC -- assessing the possibilities, and then selecting and fitting more memory.

The second episode in this series is here:

You may also be interested in my related videos:

Explaining RAM:

Explaining PCIe Slots:

More videos on computing and related topics can be found at:

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:46 Our Old PC
02:55 Gathering a Specification
07:51 Inside the Case
13:00 Upgrading the RAM
17:54 Performance Improvement
19:28 What Next?

[henhouseharry]

When I was a kid, Sundays meant waiting for the Top 30 on the radio. Now it means waiting for a notification from Chris.

[iankearns]

I find it personally annoying that people such as Christopher put time and effort into creating content and then people automatically just click the 'thumb down' button out of spite. Video was up for one minute and it got a dislike. Impossible for that person to have watched any of the 20-min video to form an opinion. Great work Christopher and certainly a great explanation to anyone young or old who are starting off with PC upgrades.

[JohnC]

Stage 1 complete on my PC 👍. Upgraded from 3 to 8 of GB RAM. Very happy with speed increase. The dust and fluff blocking the processor fan was a sight to behold. No wonder the fan was running so readily! All clean now and eagerly anticipating delivery of a SSD for stage 2. Thanks for your encouragement and advice.

[EfficientTrout]

Can’t believe 2010 was 11 years ago. Feels like 5 years ago for me.

[StarsOfPleiades]

"Come on Google Chrome, you can do it!"

(Motivational quotes from Chris)

[ctbinary]

This is something I love doing. I'm interested in seeing your choices to complete the upgrade

[NightEagle]

I love simple videos like this, no jargon and straight to the point! You've made my Sunday!

[MrIHADANACCOUNT]

What you call "an old PC" is what my 84 year old dad calls his "new PC". LOL

[gordslater]

A *very* good vid - specifically because the type of person that only has a 2010-era PC often needs a lot of step-by-step advice on upgrading and has limited funds to do it and will be prone to massive cockups/incompatabilitly mistakes.

[roelfbackus]

The anti-static wrap fitted easily around a radiator, but I found the clamp a bit painful on my skin during the upgrade.

[AdmiralBates]

What a perfect introductory video to PC upgrading. Even as a seasoned veteran for the PCMR I appreciate the effort and attention to detail this has gone into. A well worthwhile series to keep an eye.

[niallwood]

This is actually an excellent idea! Since the beginning of people working at home, I've been offering SSD and RAM upgrades to my friends and family's computer's/ laptops so they don't have to buy an entire new PC! Great video as always Chris, stay safe!

[laneharder]

I love watching videos like this just because they oftentimes create even more connections to a subject I thought I already knew a ton about. Great work, Chris :)

[antoniiocaluso]

Absolutely the BEST presentation on the subject! Should be required-viewing...from schools to retirement homes :-) Clear vocals, superb visuals, complete technicals, references to further details, .... Should win an Oscar, if tbere was such a category (or if I watched TV)))! Thank you, from the many who appreciate this achievement, but lack the civility of telling you so. Buona fortuna, in all you do!

[Lawesyp]

Upgraded many PC's in my lifetime and enjoy it. Still learned something new from this video and that's why I am here every Sunday. Thanks

[mayhempatel]

Absolutely brilliant! I was soo waiting for something like this. I hope you fit a graphics card inside and see which games would it be able to run.

[Chickenguy]

Explaining computers is my favorite comfort youtube channel! Especially because I am enthusiastic about computers myself.

[crnlbwlawson]

Excellent video as always Chris! Been doing this exact thing for 20+ years and could not have said it better! Thank you so much for the hard work you put in helping others with explaining computers!!

[Narfy_Tenkawa]

I have that PC case! My parents bought it for my brother and I from Tradex when we were teenagers, it had a much older configuration back then running windows Xp on a single core. It came bundled with a monitor, all the peripherals and two giant boxes of edutainment shovelware.
It really blew our minds being able to use the internet at home!

[Chriswales]

Watching this on a similar Desktop PC. I've already upgraded the memory so looking forward to the rest of the series.