Installing new RAM

[Yoonsi]

Hello everyone! I'm back with another question.
I'm running XP with 256mb of RAM and obviously things aren't great all-round. My motherboard has 2 DDR slots. I was wondering, can I just buy another 256mb stick and...stick it in or a 512? If not, I was concidering buying 2 512's of the same brand and type. Or Do I need Dual channel RAM to put in more than one stick at once?

Greatly appreciated
Yoonsi

 

[Maddhatter]

you have to make sure the ram is supported by your motherboard...just any stick won't do..like pc133..pc2700...pc3200 ect...if its supported then you can put any stick in a slot and it work they don't have to be dual channel and they don't have to be the same brand...before you get dual channel you need to make sure your motherboard supports dual channel

 

[Yoonsi]

What are the benefits of Dual channel over non-dual channel?
EDIT:Would a motherboard support only one type of RAM? "like pc133..pc2700...pc3200"
or Several?

 

[Shady]

generally mobos support different kinds of RAM
and it's recommended that get 2 rams of the same brand
and you dont need dual channel support to install more than one stick
the benefits of dual channel
read this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_channel