new new ram?...

[boxed]

I have a
amd 3200+
ati X800xl 256mb
250gig maxtor
everything is stock

...lately i guess i need more ram. But i'm not sure if the cosair value ram are doing its job on my pc...

its got 2x512 got it off neweggs

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145440

those. the timing seems fine, but playing counter strike source and running teamspeak. it crashes/freezes..and everytime i tab out of game in steam i get an engine error..maybe i'm running low on memory? it lags a little while exiting the game as well. maybe 1 gig of ram isn't all that popular nowadays?

If i was to upgrade ram, what do you guys recommand? willing to spend 200-250 max.

 

[daveybrat]

What brand/wattage of power supply are you running?

 

[spherrod]

Originally posted by: daveybrat
What brand/wattage of power supply are you running?

ding ding ding! PSU is an often overlooked but essential component of the system. Post the specs of your power supply and run memtest to validate the ram overnight.

 

[boxed]

im running antec 430W...

 

[w00t]

have you run memorytest?

edit: from floppy

 

[boxed]

no..where cna iget memorytest?

 

[ChonChon]

thats a very nice PSU indeed-thats not the prob.

please search google, there is so much there, a simple search will find you pretty much anything, INCLUDING memorytest.