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Old 07-18-2006, 04:10 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by holyjunk125
I wouldn't get just one stick of ram. Get 2x 512mb like you were going to being the mobo supports 4 dimms. So you can just add another 2x512mb in the future if it is necessary.
If he's going to be sticking with 2x512MB for a while (several months or so), then I would agree with you. But if he's planning on upgrading to 2GB anytime soon, deffinetly go with the 1GB Stick. Since when all 4 slots are filled, performance suffers and some motherboards reduce the RAM speed.
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