I just purchased a Dell Inspiron 6000. Like anyone else who has purchased a 6000, I am receiving a 533 Mhz FSB motherboard, but only with 400 Mhz DDR2 RAM. Luckily, I opted to only purchase 1 stick of 256MB because I wanted to add the RAM myself instead of paying the ridiculous prices of Dell.
However, would I lose performance if I had 2 sticks of unequal RAM size....I already have 256MB, but I wanted to add another stick of 512MB. Would it be better, performance wise, to take out the 256MB stick and add Two 512MB? If the performance increase is negligible, I rather leave the 256MB in there. Also, is it an issue to have RAM running together with different rated Clock Latencies (CL)? Thanks!
However, would I lose performance if I had 2 sticks of unequal RAM size....I already have 256MB, but I wanted to add another stick of 512MB. Would it be better, performance wise, to take out the 256MB stick and add Two 512MB? If the performance increase is negligible, I rather leave the 256MB in there. Also, is it an issue to have RAM running together with different rated Clock Latencies (CL)? Thanks!
