So have you ever want to upgrade your desktop or notebook's memory, but find the hard time to found the trusted brand or which is the compatible one with your computer, like Apple machine for example, since Apple Memory usually is not compatible with every memory on the market. One of the best solution for that problem is just find the exact same brand memory that the computer manufacturers install on the assembly line.
Here some tips that you will need to know if you want to upgrade the memory whether it is for your Desktop or Notebook :
1. Find out the type of your memory if it is DDR1, DDR2, or DDR3. Each of those has its own slot, never try to use any different type (not brand) with your former memory. Just for information, the most used memory for any computers in the market now is DDR2 and it is going to be DDR3 in the coming days, if your computer is more than 3 years old, it is possible that your computer still use DDR1.
2. Find out the maximum memory capacity which your computer capable work on. If the maximum memory capacity which can be recognized by your computer is just 1 Gb, well it is useless if you install the 2 Gb memory, since your computer will work and use it as equal as 1 Gb memory only.
3. Find out the Peak Transfer Rate of Memory, first you have to know the maximum rate transfer of your computer, so you can decide which memory you would purchase, for example : DDR1 has different peak transfer rate for PC 2100 (2100 MB/s), PC 3200 (3200 MB/s), etc. So has DDR2 with its PC 5300 (5300 MB/s) and PC 6400 (6400 MB/s), and DDR3 with PC 9600 (9600 MB/s).
If you just want to make it simple , you can go to memoryupgrade.pro and find whether it is HP Compaq Memory or DELL Memory upgrade, since they are a Memory Supplier which provides the exact same memory that any computer manufacturers install on the assembly line.