Your Gateway C-5817c can support up to 4GB of memory. For optimal system performance install the maximum amount of memory in each memory socket, this system comes with standard amount of   1GB ( Removable) RAM. One or more of the sockets in the system might be already filled with memory. Whenever you upgrade, you can either add memory to one of the open sockets and/or remove memory from a filled socket and replace it with a higher capacity memory module. Select your Memory Upgrade for Gateway C-5817c.