hXcjedders
Australian Skial God
The sizes can be different with no real issues if all else is equal. That being said, the manufacturer put the RAM in, not me, so I'm not sure on anything else about it.
Problem solved. Is my hard disk dying?
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Not really. It depends on the motherboard. I ran a 2gb stick and 1gb stick in a older laptop I had. If the bus speeds are different then it will only run at the lower speed and you may lose a channel. For stability purposes, you should run same brand, speed and size.
It depends on your Mobo and RAM. If you don't match, you get lower performance.
You get better performance with matching RAM. That is why it is (almost) always sold in kits. It is also more reliable.
Ryan The Reginald
Scarcely Lethal Noob
Also if you are going to purchase ram the speed does not really matter that much. Going from 1333mhz ram to 1600mhz ram only increases system performance in games by about 1%. The only case where ram speed would matter a lot is if you are using an APU instead of a CPU. CAS latency also plays a big factor in how fast the ram actually is, the lower the CAS latency the better.
hXcjedders
Australian Skial God
Well lets just say my computer knowledge is somewhere between beginner and intermediate so that doesnt mean a whole lot to me haha.
hXcjedders
Australian Skial God
So I removed the 2GB and things seem to be running smoother, but I also noticed my bluetooth driver was causing errors in event viewer so I repaired that. I'll post an update if things go to shit again.
hXcjedders
Australian Skial God
hXcjedders
Australian Skial God
To me, it makes sense since the problem was never one specific error. I can imagine a bad hard drive producing a whole slew of various errors. I had several BSOD codes, computer crashes, freezes, graphical, sound errors. Nothing was ever consistent enough to try to point to a cause.
