I have a 5 years old PC which recently is lacking in performance due to shortage of memory.
Currently it uses 2 x 2GB DDR3 1.6GHZ RAM sticks (one at each channel).
I don't plan on spending much money, so please restrict the possibility to these two:
1. Buying a single 4GB 1.6GHZ RAM stick. cost ~60$.
Will allow me to increase the memory further by adding a fourth stick in the future.
Disadvantage? Maybe placing 4GB at one channel and 2xGB on the other? Not sure if that's all that bad.
2. Buying 2 x 2GB 1.6GHZ sticks. costs ~70$. Will allow me to put 4x2GB balanced RAM configuration.
Which of the two would you go for, and why?
(also, I'm not interested in hearing of where I can get a better deal, just a professional consideration - does 4x2GB works better than 1 x 4GB + 2 x 2GB).
Thanks !
Currently it uses 2 x 2GB DDR3 1.6GHZ RAM sticks (one at each channel).
I don't plan on spending much money, so please restrict the possibility to these two:
1. Buying a single 4GB 1.6GHZ RAM stick. cost ~60$.
Will allow me to increase the memory further by adding a fourth stick in the future.
Disadvantage? Maybe placing 4GB at one channel and 2xGB on the other? Not sure if that's all that bad.
2. Buying 2 x 2GB 1.6GHZ sticks. costs ~70$. Will allow me to put 4x2GB balanced RAM configuration.
Which of the two would you go for, and why?
(also, I'm not interested in hearing of where I can get a better deal, just a professional consideration - does 4x2GB works better than 1 x 4GB + 2 x 2GB).
Thanks !
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