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Additional Ram
« on: June 18, 2006, 02:15:37 PM »
When I was putting another hard drive in for storage, I realized I had a third slot (empty) for RAM.  I currenlty have 512MB, would it benefit me if I were to purchase another 512 stick and put it in the third slot?

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Re: Additional Ram
« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2006, 02:17:11 PM »
I'd vote "yes"

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Re: Additional Ram
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2006, 08:27:57 PM »
If you have 2x256 currently, I'd suggest moving them down and putting the new 512 stick in the first slot.

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Re: Additional Ram
« Reply #3 on: June 19, 2006, 11:35:04 AM »
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If you have 2x256 currently, I'd suggest moving them down and putting the new 512 stick in the first slot.

So it matters which slots you use? 
I'm not a hardware expert and I didn't know there was a difference.
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Re: Additional Ram
« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2006, 12:48:52 PM »
It's not going to stop you, per se, from using it however you wish, but chances are (if the old RAM is stock stuff), he'll buy something with a lower CAS latency and you always want the faster stuff in the first slot.