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neilq101

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Original poster
Feb 26, 2011
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Hi, I bought a 4gb RAM upgrade on Amazon for my mid-2009 MBP for the upgrade to Lion, but when I opened it I realised it was one 4gb stick, not 2x2gb like I thought I had bought. I can't return it now, so I'm not sure what to do.

I know it's considered bad to have asymmetrical RAM, but is installing it next to one of my existing 1gb sticks better than just running on the one stick? Or am i best off just buying another one of these sticks to have 8gb in parallel?
 

Intell

macrumors P6
Jan 24, 2010
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It isn't too bad to have mismatched ram sizes. You'll still see a speed boost, but it won't be as big of a boost as 2x2Gb would be.
 

-tWv-

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May 11, 2009
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Itll be fine, just put both in, any RAM will help but not as much as a matching set would
 

Smork

macrumors member
Jul 14, 2011
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The fastest RAM will auto-match speeds with the slowest and match the slowest stick's speed. There should be no issues with this.
 
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