Hi!
I'm using an Acer Extensa 4620. Crucial.com informs me that I have 2 RAM slots, each of which can hold a maximum of 2GB of DDR2, PC25300 RAM. Currenly, I have 1GB of RAM on 1 slot, but I want to increase that.
So here's my question: should I get a 1GB or a 2GB module for my free slot?
I gather that adding the 2GB model will negate the dual-channel capability, because I'll then have 2GB on one slot, and 1GB on the other. But isn't it possible that the overall performance will improve, despite the loss of dual-channel memory usage, simply because a total of 3GB is more than a total of 2GB?
Please help.
Thanks.
I'm using an Acer Extensa 4620. Crucial.com informs me that I have 2 RAM slots, each of which can hold a maximum of 2GB of DDR2, PC25300 RAM. Currenly, I have 1GB of RAM on 1 slot, but I want to increase that.
So here's my question: should I get a 1GB or a 2GB module for my free slot?
I gather that adding the 2GB model will negate the dual-channel capability, because I'll then have 2GB on one slot, and 1GB on the other. But isn't it possible that the overall performance will improve, despite the loss of dual-channel memory usage, simply because a total of 3GB is more than a total of 2GB?
Please help.
Thanks.