- Jun 17, 2010
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I have an old dell (I think, dell inspiron 530?) that only has 3 of its original 4 sticks of ram. They are 1gb ddr2 sticks, but one of them went bad and starting causing bsod, so we took it out. We haven't replaced it since, but from what I hear, having a single stick of ram when it's supposed to be dual channel significantly lowers performance. Is this true? I was looking at sticks of ram to replace it, and I figured these might work?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/280875874010?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
or
http://www.microcenter.com/product/274465/ValueRAM_1GB_DDR2-800_(PC-6400)_Desktop_Memory_Module
and
http://www.microcenter.com/product/289511/1GB_DDR2-667-800_(PC-5300-6400)_Desktop_Memory_Module
Should I avoid the ebay ram? And go for ram from microcenter?
I was also wondering if I added a stick of 2gb ram, with the same timings, would it work? One channel would be 2x1gb, and the other would be 1x1gb+1x2gb. Or is that silly and would cause problems?
Heres a cpu-z screeny of the "Slot #2" that I assume will be paired in the dual channel with "Slot #4".
Thanks!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/280875874010?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
or
http://www.microcenter.com/product/274465/ValueRAM_1GB_DDR2-800_(PC-6400)_Desktop_Memory_Module
and
http://www.microcenter.com/product/289511/1GB_DDR2-667-800_(PC-5300-6400)_Desktop_Memory_Module
Should I avoid the ebay ram? And go for ram from microcenter?
I was also wondering if I added a stick of 2gb ram, with the same timings, would it work? One channel would be 2x1gb, and the other would be 1x1gb+1x2gb. Or is that silly and would cause problems?
Heres a cpu-z screeny of the "Slot #2" that I assume will be paired in the dual channel with "Slot #4".
Thanks!
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