Worth a try?

David_UK · 04-15-2007, 11:37 AM

My Dell Dimension 3000 has 512 DDR. The manual discusses DDR 333 RAM so I guess it's PC2700? It uses the Celeron CPU at 2.6GHz. I have been given a 1G stick of DDR-266 PC2100 like this.
The manual states, "...memory should be installed in pairs of matched size..." but if they are not, "...the computer will operate, but with a slight reduction in performance."
If I added the 1G stick and kept one of the existing 256's do you think I would see a net increase in performance?
Thanks for your comments.

PohTayToez · 04-15-2007, 04:46 PM

Yes... you'll just lose dual channel. I believe in nearly every case, more RAM is favored over dual channel.

David_UK · 04-16-2007, 07:10 PM

PohTayToez

Thanks. I'll try it. Is there a way to 'measure' PC performance if I try it with, and without the new memory?

Nevakonaza · 04-16-2007, 07:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by David_UK

PohTayToez

Thanks. I'll try it. Is there a way to 'measure' PC performance if I try it with, and without the new memory?

you will notice the difference

by how faster it is at loading things

oscaryu1 · 04-16-2007, 10:33 PM

yeah, and you can run more programs =)

shawn_selig29 · 04-21-2007, 09:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oscaryu1

yeah, and you can run more programs =)

always nice to run more stuff faster...

04-15-2007, 11:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
David_UK Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 120	Worth a try? My Dell Dimension 3000 has 512 DDR. The manual discusses DDR 333 RAM so I guess it's PC2700? It uses the Celeron CPU at 2.6GHz. I have been given a 1G stick of DDR-266 PC2100 like this. The manual states, "...memory should be installed in pairs of matched size..." but if they are not, "...the computer will operate, but with a slight reduction in performance." If I added the 1G stick and kept one of the existing 256's do you think I would see a net increase in performance? Thanks for your comments.

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04-16-2007, 07:10 PM	#3 (permalink)
David_UK Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 120	PohTayToez Thanks. I'll try it. Is there a way to 'measure' PC performance if I try it with, and without the new memory?