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Dimension 8200
Hi Everyone, this my first post here.
I have an old Dell Dimension 8200 which is in very good shape. Evertything is doing well however it has only 512 MB Ram and it is running on Windows XP.
I want to upgrade to Windows10 and therefore I need an additional 512MB Ram (since the requirement for windows10 is at least 1 GB Ram). Anyone know how and where to find this memory?
Thank in Advance
LatinB
LatinB
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December 15th, 2021 14:00
Yes, I believe a memory upgrade won't be enough to run Windows 10. Thanks for your quick response and advice anyway.
ejn63
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December 15th, 2021 07:00
This system uses a long obsolete type of RAM that wasn't on the market all that long -- RDRAM or Rambus DRAM. Beyond its astronomical cost at the time, it hasn't been made in over a decade -- more like 15 years. The only modules you're going to find will be used on EBay or similar, and there are many pitfalls in selecting RDRAM modules.
Bottom line: take whatever you'd spend on RDRAM and buy a newer system. This one isn't worth the effort to upgrade -- it won't run Windows 10 in anything resembling reasonable fashion even if you max it out to 2G RAM (though that's a minimum for Windows 10, a more practical minimum, particularly with the slow CPU on this system is 8G -- which you can't upgrade to).
redxps630
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December 15th, 2021 09:00
8200 has Intel 850 chipset
It has Pentium 4 cpu. really doubt this cpu can run Win 10. But I understand it may be a hobby to tinker w old tech. I do that sometimes too just to prove some old Dell can or can not run modern software or hardware. here is one link I find.
Samsung 512 MB RIMM 800 MHz RDRAM Memory (MR18R162GDF0CM8) 370891291628 | eBay
LatinB
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December 15th, 2021 14:00
Thanks for your advice, ejn63. Really appreciate it. Think I will do that!