I have an E520 and upgraded my ram to 2gb X 2 of 2 GB DDR2-667 DDR2 SDRAM. Ram is cheap, I'd go with 4g (2 X2) and stick with a good name like corsair. Just drop in slot 1 and 3 and you'll be running dual channel.
Don't think that would be running dual channel but it might not matter. If I were you I'd just buy two identical 2gb sticks. 4gb total. Ram is dirt cheap now. Maybe you could sell the others on ebay or to a friend or something.
johnolsen
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April 5th, 2009 03:00
I have an E520 and upgraded my ram to 2gb X 2 of 2 GB DDR2-667 DDR2 SDRAM. Ram is cheap, I'd go with 4g (2 X2) and stick with a good name like corsair. Just drop in slot 1 and 3 and you'll be running dual channel.
melboy
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April 7th, 2009 00:00
Thanks.
So, for it to be dual channel, do the 4 sticks have to be equal?
ie 2x512 + 2x512gb (for 2gb total) OR can it be 2x512 + 2x1gb (for 3gb total) ?
Is there a point where adding more RAM is a waste due to the processor speed?
johnolsen
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April 7th, 2009 04:00
Don't think that would be running dual channel but it might not matter. If I were you I'd just buy two identical 2gb sticks. 4gb total. Ram is dirt cheap now. Maybe you could sell the others on ebay or to a friend or something.