RAM Question

[Descendant X]

My wife has kindly offered to buy me RAM for Christmas. I figure that we should pick up a stick of 512, but I've just read that mixing a 256 stick and a 512 stick is a bad idea. Is this true? And if it is, what are some suggestions?

For the record, I have an ASUS A7N8X-VM/400 with an Athlon 2400+ CPU.

 

[OdiN]

Shouldn't cause any trouble if it's the same brand and rated the same. However for dual channel they say to use the same size.

 

[P0ldy]

For how cheap it is, you should probably just pick up some Corsair VS, which is hovering at about $70 right now for a 1gig, 512x2.

How romantic

 

[caz67]

Originally posted by: OdiN
Shouldn't cause any trouble if it's the same brand and rated the same. However for dual channel they say to use the same size.

Yes, a good rule is to always stick with the same brand and rating.