5 gigs dual channel or 4?

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yomama07024

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I have 4 slots and I am running dual channel with 512MB in 2 slots and 2GB in the other 2 slots. That's 5 gigs. Would it be best to keep it like this, or to run only 4 gigs without the two 512MB modules?
 
Get a program such as CPUz and confirm you are running in duel-channel mode. As long as you are, you'd probably be better off with 5GB. While having more sticks does tend to slow things down, the differences are so minute, you probably wouldn't notice the difference.

If you're machine's going slow with 5GB RAM, it sounds like there may be something else wrong.
 
The_Other_One said:
Get a program such as CPUz and confirm you are running in duel-channel mode. As long as you are, you'd probably be better off with 5GB. While having more sticks does tend to slow things down, the differences are so minute, you probably wouldn't notice the difference.

If you're machine's going slow with 5GB RAM, it sounds like there may be something else wrong.
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I just got CPUz and it does say I'm running dual.
 
The_Other_One said:
In that case, I wouldn't touch the RAM. I'd start looking elsewhere. Has it always been slow? How are your other specs?
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It hasn't always been slow. It just started to seem slower when I took out the four 512MB modules and put in only two Crucial Ballistix modules of 2GB each. It's not a huge deal, but it just doesn't seem as fast. Maybe it's because I'm running Windows 7 now instead of XP.
I just installed Windows 7 Ultimate (64 bit) yesterday, so I formatted the hard drive. I have an nvidia gtx 260 video card and an Intel Pentium D 830 CPU. I have a 160 GB hard drive.

jasonn20 said:
what speed does cpuz state your ram is running at??
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It says DRAM frequency- 266.7 MHz
 
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