So i just got my first PC and i am looking into turning it into a gaming PC, i DEFINITELY know i need more ram but i have no clue where to look to try to find the right KIND of ram sticks and if i should purchase one 8GB stick or 2 4GB sticks (just want 8GB for now) i have a Acer Aspire ES1, if i could get some help it would be greatly appreciated  Looking at the specs for the system I'm not sure how much of a "gaming PC" you could really turn it into. However you can upgrade the RAM.


Normally, the question of whether to get one stick or two depends on what you will be doing in the future. populating only one slot means you can later buy another of the same memory stick and PUT it right in to upgrade, but having two identical sticks means the system can usually USE a Dual Mode with the two sticks.

This choice is made very easy with that system, though- it only has one slot.

This is a Memory stick which I EXPECT would work with it.

it looks like the task of actually installing the RAM is not made entirely straightforward, though- according to thisdisassembly guide, you basically need to gut the system almost completely to get access to the RAM slot.The 4gb of RAM that machine came with is more than sufficient for its weak CPU.  You have no chance of "turning that into a gaming machine" at all.  Unless you are doing something that actually needs more than 4gb of RAM (gaming doesn't count here) then all you will end up doing is wasting your money.

The processor and GPU are far too weak for any sort of gaming and cannot be upgraded.  You get what you pay for, that is an extremely cheap machine, you can't expect that much from it.