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Question

I found this and I have a question,I have 320 RAM on my computer. 128+128+64.
But I was told that "all the memory sticks in your machine will run at the speed of the slowest stick installed."
So should I remove the 64 RAM stick?

Answer 1

yes , u should remove it , because RAM chips work best when they have the same speed ( better coordination between them u can say )

so , if u want peak performance , u should remove the 64 Chip , or , if u can afford it , buy a 512 chip , and u'll see a different world

Answer 2

No need to. RAM comes in different speeds. If you have 133mhz speed on the 64 mb stick and the 128s are both 233mhz, the ram will slow down to the 133mhz. It doesn't affect the amount of RAM you have.
I wouldn't remove the 64 MB ram chip unless you think there is a problem. You could always remove it and see what your pc is running like and put it back or keep it out if you want.

Answer 3

If the 64 meg is slower than the 128's, and you need to increase the speed, then remove it. If the difference in speed is not so great, removing it won't have enough effect for the average human to detect. More memory, but running a little slower, will probably give you the maximum performance.

Answer 4

In this case, no. Your computer is so starved for memory that having the slower memory in would help more than hurt.

I'm guessing you have a really lower end PC, probably Celeron or Sempron, around 3 GHz in speed, more or less? Windows XP really wants 1 GB in memory if it can. Having less means it's kinda stuck.

In general, the mainboard defaults to the lowest memory speed, as it does NOT overclock any components. You can "force" the mainboard to overclock the slowest component, but that may cause instability, so forget it. You're not here to win benchmark wars. You're here to get a computer usable.