Should I replace the stock Dell RAM with Corsair? Thanks.

[gary11364]

Should I replace my stock Dell RAM(DDR2 5300 667Mhz) with the same in Corsair? Will it make a noticeble difference? I have a Dell Inspiron 530 with an Intel Core2 Duo processor(E6550, 2.33GHZ) and 2GB of RAM. I am going to go to 3GB of RAM.Should I go to 800Mhz? Thanks!

[gary11364]

Cost is not an issue.

[jagabo]

http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/04/09/toms_ultimate_ram_speed_tests/

the largest performance differences we found amount to 7-8% with DivX and WinRAR, while almost all other benchmarks and applications perform alike: a 1-3% performance delta cannot be noticed at all.

[jman98]

My experience with XP is that anything about 750 MB is overkill. I have 2 GB and it NEVER even comes close to using it all. When I have checked I have never seen my memory usage get above 750 MB. Unless you are using some kind of memory hungry program that I don't use and you are sure that more memory will help it, I don't think you'll see any difference. However, I can tell you that more memory definitely does make a big difference with Vista.

[TBoneit]

The thing to remember is that Dell computers can be picky about memory. I still that on 2008 models here at work.

When you order do not forget to order it to match your Dell. My guess is that faster memory will have no effect on speed. Slower memory will.

[Krispy Kritter]

It won't make any difference to buy faster memory. The current memory is already running at the correct bus speed (the same speed any new memory will also be running at). As for adding more, it likely isn't necessary as noted above. Do a little testing and investigating before wasting your time buying more and/or replacing it for no reason.

[gary11364]

I will add regular RAM. Thanks to all.