I have a Dell Inspiron 530, which apparently has a very locked-down BIOS. From what I can gather, my motherboard is set at 1.8V for RAM (PC2-6400). What would happen if I were to buy RAM rated at 1.9V? Would it be better to buy 5-5-5-12 1.8V RAM, or 4-4-4-12 1.9V RAM, taking into consideration that I can only put out 1.8V?
Also, I currently have 3GB of stock Dell RAM. Before I even consider upgrading the RAM, I have to wonder if I even need to. I'll be doing a lot of gaming and everyday multitasking, and I just want this computer to be as fast as it can possibly go. As of right now, I have 2x1GB and 2x512MB PC2-6400 sticks (made by Hyundai and Qimonda?!), with 6-6-6-18 timings and 2T command rate, as measured by CPU-Z. If I were to upgrade to 4GB of whatever RAM works best in the first paragraph above (3.25GB since I have 32-bit Windows Vista), would I be able to expect any significant performance increase?
Thank you for your help!
Also, I currently have 3GB of stock Dell RAM. Before I even consider upgrading the RAM, I have to wonder if I even need to. I'll be doing a lot of gaming and everyday multitasking, and I just want this computer to be as fast as it can possibly go. As of right now, I have 2x1GB and 2x512MB PC2-6400 sticks (made by Hyundai and Qimonda?!), with 6-6-6-18 timings and 2T command rate, as measured by CPU-Z. If I were to upgrade to 4GB of whatever RAM works best in the first paragraph above (3.25GB since I have 32-bit Windows Vista), would I be able to expect any significant performance increase?
Thank you for your help!