I just bought a laptop a few days ago, HP probook 4430s, i5 2410-M Second Gen 2.30Ghz, 2GB ram, 500GB HDD
Now i noticed one thing when i ran CPU-Z, the ram frequency is only 665.3 Mhz (se attached file)
Shudnt DDR3 rams come in 1033 MHZ ??
i read on the internet it has something to do with stepping and if i am correct this ram will run at 1033 Mhz only if a second module is also installed ?? can someone verify this for me
Also what are my upgrade options as i am thinking of upgrading to at least 4gb ASAP
sell this RAM and buy one single 4GB module (in order to upgrade to 4GB) ?
keep this ram and install another 2 GB module with the same frequency (in order to upgrade to 4gb) ?
keep this ram and install a 4gb module (in order to upgrade to 6gb --rare but might just go for it if there isn't much price difference) ?
ive heard a pc gives maximum performance when ram sizes are same in both modules ? is this also true ?? if this being the case then 6gb wont be a good option will it ??
Now i noticed one thing when i ran CPU-Z, the ram frequency is only 665.3 Mhz (se attached file)
Shudnt DDR3 rams come in 1033 MHZ ??
i read on the internet it has something to do with stepping and if i am correct this ram will run at 1033 Mhz only if a second module is also installed ?? can someone verify this for me
Also what are my upgrade options as i am thinking of upgrading to at least 4gb ASAP
sell this RAM and buy one single 4GB module (in order to upgrade to 4GB) ?
keep this ram and install another 2 GB module with the same frequency (in order to upgrade to 4gb) ?
keep this ram and install a 4gb module (in order to upgrade to 6gb --rare but might just go for it if there isn't much price difference) ?
ive heard a pc gives maximum performance when ram sizes are same in both modules ? is this also true ?? if this being the case then 6gb wont be a good option will it ??