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memory upgrade for dimension e510

04 Nov 2009 06:48PM

hello,

    i am thinking about  a memory upgrade. i've looked at different websites and have a question. i've noticed the memory chips have different speeds. do i have to match the speed of the pair that is already installed in my computer?  if i can get a different speed for the new pair, does it have to be a higher speed?

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Re: memory upgrade for dimension e510

04 Nov 2009 07:21PM

You can mix memory speeds but what will happen is all the memory will run at the speed of the slowest memory. So if you were to have 2 gig of 400mhz ram and 2 gigs of 800 mhz ram, all the memory would run at 400 mhz. This would kinda make putting the higher speed ram in a waste.

So the standard fare is If you want to go with faster memory you should replace all the memory at the same time.

 

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