Ram upgrade

[girishrn]

My PC configuration is
P4 1.70GHz
Operating System : Win XP
256MB DDR Ram
40Hard disk

Application software used : Photoshop, Illustrator, Coreldraw and Indesign

When above software is used my system get slow, so I want to upgrade the ram and there is two slots for RAM and current using 256MB RAM of 128 x 128.

So please suggest me how much RAM should be upgrade.

[utsav]

atleast u should hav 2GB of RAM for running those apps but whats ur budget
bcoz i would like to suggest u to buy another mobo with DDR2 support and get faster RAM at Cheap cost

[shashank4u]

get yourself 1 GB RAM stick if you want to work on those applications one at a time ..if you prefer multitasking better have atleast 2 GB RAM

[ravi_9793]

Mine suggestion...completely upgrade ur cabinet..(processor+motherboard+RAM)

Why I am saying this:
1)you dont have extra slots left for RAM, You cant add new RAM..so you will through old RAM.

2) Your Old motherboard support DDR1 RAM, and this RAM is costly these days.So, get new motherboard which support DDR2.DDR2 1 GB is @1400/- ....and DDR2 is faster than DDR1.

3) your current processor is not enough fast to handle you current heavy work.

3) All these upgradation will cost you between 9k-10k
you will get, C2D E4400, 1 Gb RAM, Asus or Gigabyte(intel 945 based) motherboard.