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Clarkey · 12-13-2009, 11:09 AM

I've got 3gb of ram in my dell inspiron. I took a look at there are 4 slots, 2 with some crappy 1gb ram and 2 with kingston 512Mb ram. I think the maximum ram this comp can handle is 4gb.

Is there any gain to having all of the same brand in there?

Is there any gain to having all of the same size (all 1gb) obviously if you add more it's going to be faster but I'm wondering if mixing the sizes affects things at all?

I see they are plugged into the machine alternating, 1GB, 512, 1, 512. Is this necessary for some reason?

Will the brand affect the speed at all?

12-13-2009, 11:09 AM	#1
Clarkey Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Oct 2002 Exp:	Ram I've got 3gb of ram in my dell inspiron. I took a look at there are 4 slots, 2 with some crappy 1gb ram and 2 with kingston 512Mb ram. I think the maximum ram this comp can handle is 4gb. Is there any gain to having all of the same brand in there? Is there any gain to having all of the same size (all 1gb) obviously if you add more it's going to be faster but I'm wondering if mixing the sizes affects things at all? I see they are plugged into the machine alternating, 1GB, 512, 1, 512. Is this necessary for some reason? Will the brand affect the speed at all?