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Originally Posted by Vulcan
I have an old Dell Dimension 3000 and I've upgraded the ram a couple of times. Currently I have a 1GB and a 512 mb stick. It has no problem operating like this. I think I read that you lose 5% in speed by having unmatched pairs and the computer is solid running Windows 7.
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Yeah, the gains from dual channel memory in regular desktop use are pretty insignificant. It's disappointing - it's the kind of thing that sounds like a such a great idea and a huge performance boost, and then in practice, you can't feel or observe a difference other than via synthetic benchmarks.