I already have two 512mb memory sticks in my laptop and I was thinking about buying a 2gb memory stick to replace one of the 512mb sticks. Is the imbalance not going to be good for the computer?
http://shop3.outpost.com/product/5442679
this is the ram i'm planning to buy.
as you can see, this stick is a 200-PIN SODIMM / DDR2 PC-5300
I'm not sure about what rating my current 512mb stick has in terms of PC-5300 or PC-4200... etc.
thank for your input.
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Ram Question how are a 2gb memory stick and a 512mb stick together?
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- Cookie Monster
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Posted 03 May 2008 - 11:20 AM
It will be okay... shouldn't cause you any problems. As for performance... I have a 1gb stick and 2gb stick im not sure if 2x 2gb will balance things better for like dual channel but I do not think it will be an issue much less a significant speed difference.
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Posted 03 May 2008 - 10:00 PM
what kinda laptop you got? it should be okay...although maybe 2x1GB SODIMMS may be better for dualchannel? you probably wont notice a difference anyway
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Posted 03 May 2008 - 11:48 PM
RAM is cheap.
Go for 4GB!! WOOO!!!!
Go for 4GB!! WOOO!!!!
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Posted 07 May 2008 - 07:02 AM
Well, it wouldn't cause too much problems..But the thing is..when your running programs it shares the ram..and may cause it to imbalance a bit. But I'd suggest to get 2 x 1g ram sticks. Or 2 x 2g...whatever
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