IsaacHayes
Flashlight Enthusiast
A friend of mine has a Dell Dimension 8300 I belive, and wants to go to 512megs of ram. He has a p4 2.8g 800fsb, HT.
I cracked it open and it's got 2x128 sticks in there now. DDR 400 CL3.
I noticed the sticks are in dual channel config, and there are 2 spaces free. Should I just slap a 256 stick in there, or get 2x128 sticks and put those in for the second dual channel slots?
Dell warns to only do them in pairs.. On my MB I don't have to do that even though it's dual channel capable. Not sure what will happen with proprietary hardware though, you never know.
1) Would it even work with 1 256meg stick?
2) Would performance be worth it to go to 2x128meg instead?
Any input is appreciative!
I cracked it open and it's got 2x128 sticks in there now. DDR 400 CL3.
I noticed the sticks are in dual channel config, and there are 2 spaces free. Should I just slap a 256 stick in there, or get 2x128 sticks and put those in for the second dual channel slots?
Dell warns to only do them in pairs.. On my MB I don't have to do that even though it's dual channel capable. Not sure what will happen with proprietary hardware though, you never know.
1) Would it even work with 1 256meg stick?
2) Would performance be worth it to go to 2x128meg instead?
Any input is appreciative!