Congif Question

[N00bbuilder79]

I currently have 4Gig of DDR3 in my system as 2 x 2Gig sticks.
If I was to add a single stick of 4Gig to this set-up would it have any negative effects, would it even register as 4Gig? Sorry if its a silly question, just something I have been thinking about.

Thanks in advance

 

[DragonQ]

Need more info.

If you have a 32-bit operating system, you will not be able to use more than 3-3.5 GB anyway. Also, regardless of operating system, having an odd number of sticks would reduce memory bandwidth because the third stick wouldn't run in dual channel mode. Whether this'd be noticeable though is another question.

 

[N00bbuilder79]

It would be on a 64bit system