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uneven amounts of ram in each slot

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jcdavies

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Jun 7, 2010
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Hey I am just about to upgrade my macbook which is as follows

Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook2,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MB21.00A5.B07
SMC Version: 1.13f3
Serial Number: 4H7045JGWGP
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled


I am looking at the following ram

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=1241198818F&vpn=M25664F50&manufacture=KINGSTON

which i believe is good however i do remember reading that there were disadvantages to having unequal amounts of ram in each slot is this correct and what are the disadvantages?

thanks for your help
 
It just won't run dual channel mode. I'm not completely sure if it will use 2.5GB correctly, you may just want to buy two of those
 
so ideally its better to have two of the same ram but either way i should see a performance boost correct?
 
Thats good to hear so I guess i just have one more question

would u recommend the 2gb bit of ram in one slot matched with the 512mb

or

two slots of 1gb ram?
 
so which brand of ram is best

Hey there guys so im buying some ram for my old macbook

IM here

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/MacBook/DDR2/

my question is which brand of ram should i go with i know very little about ram

im getting to 1gb sticks

and am choosing between :
otherworld computing
micron
samsung

what would u recommend?

thanks for all your help i appreciate it
 
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