<div dir="ltr">I know this is a stupid question but...<div><br></div><div>I got a Dell dimension c521. It is slow so I figure I should add memory. There are 4 memory slots with 2 being used. How much memory is that? Well, the cards that are in there say it they are two cards with 1024 mb apiece. 'free -h' reports</div><div><br></div><div><div>free -h</div><div> total used free shared buffers cached</div><div>Mem: 1.9G 1.4G 489M 18M 59M 535M</div><div><br></div><div>isn't 1024 one gig? Where is the rest?</div><div><br></div><div>SHould I buy this?</div><div><br></div><div><h3 class="" style="padding:4px 0px 0px;margin:0px 0px 6px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-size:1.05em;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/4x1GB-PC2-5300-667MHz-Memory-Dimension/dp/B00KFND9SC/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1412798813&sr=1-1&keywords=dimension+c521+memory" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,102,192);outline:0px"><span class="" style="font-weight:bold;font-size:1.2em">NEW 4GB 4x1GB DDR2 PC2-5300 667MHz RAM Memory for Dell Dimension C521</span></a></h3></div><div><br></div><div>or should I get this?</div><div><br></div><div><h3 class="" style="padding:4px 0px 0px;margin:0px 0px 6px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-size:1.05em;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Compatible-Dell-Dimension-C521-Desktop/dp/B00BL30RZS/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1412798813&sr=1-3&keywords=dimension+c521+memory" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,102,192);outline:0px"><span class="" style="font-weight:bold;font-size:1.2em">2GB (2x1GB) RAM Memory CMS Compatible with Dell Dimension C521 Desktop</span></a></h3></div><div>:-)~MIKE~(-:</div>
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