How do I upgrade the memory in an Acer eMachines?

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I'm having trouble determining what RAM stick type is compatible for my Acer eMachines EL1360G. Crucial and Kingston don't have that specific model listed, but I get these recommendations. They say DDR3, but on my existing RAM card itself, it says "HDDR3" with the H at the front. Does it matter?

If it's a laptop, get a matching pair of DDR3 SODIMMs. Kingston and Crucial are good brands. I don't know if Corsair does laptop RAM, but I have some of their RAM in my desktop and it's pretty good.

It's actually a desktop.

That makes things a lot easier then. Since your system only comes with 2GB standard, I'd recommend upgrading to at least 8GB. This should do the trick: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.as ... 6820231428

If it asks if you want to go to the American Newegg site instead, simply copy and paste this into the search box on Newegg, and click the top result: F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL

It's not terribly high-end RAM, but it has good reviews, it's reasonably priced, and it should be a high enough speed for your machine, since I doubt you're going to be doing any overclocking on an OEM box like that. If you want something slightly higher-end and are willing to pay a few more dollars, check this out: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.as ... 6820231455 or use this keyword in the searchbox: F3-14900CL9D-8GBXL

Since your machine is based around an AMD APU, theoretically there may be performance benefits to using higher-speed RAM, especially for the GPU portion. It's more of a big deal if you're overclocking though, as it'll give you more headroom to overclock with.

Now, if you want to know how to install the ram sticks themselves, it's pretty simple. You basically take the side off your computer, find where the RAM sticks are installed, open the tabs for one stick, carefully remove it, do the same for the other stick, and with the tabs left open, simply orient your new RAM to the notches on your ram slots, and gently push the stick in until the tabs pop into the side notches on the RAM. If you prefer a video tutorial, here's one that should cover it fairly well. It's an older video, as it discusses SDRAM and DDR1, but the principles of installing DDR2 or DDR3 are exactly the same.