RAM upgrade: have to return another brand - what should I choose and I'll lose dual channel?

Hi all

I spent some time looking for the forums for someone who faced a similar situation, but I couldn't find one. It was a little surprising, but good...

I have an inspiron 6400 with 1 GB of ram 4300 pc2 occupying only one memory card. I had planned this out when buying with the hope of upgrading in the future (i.e., now!). I understand that pc2 4300 is essentially the same as pc2 4200. cpuz shows me: Hyundai Electronics PC2-4300, DRAM: 266 MHz, FSB:DRAM 5:8. (?? This looks like a very impressive RAM stick, I'm right?). I can post more specifications if necessary.

I went on this Crucial ram site and had my system analyzed with their analysis tool, and recommended a second stick of RAM, but this time it's a pc2 5300 (667 MHz). My system is capable of dual channel, but my question is this: if I pair the pc2 installed by dell 4300 RAM with this stick of crucial pc2 5300, I'll have to dual channel? More important, I guess, it will count? I heard the benefit of the performance of the dual channel is about 15%, is that correct?

Everywhere that I've read, people point out that the two RAM sticks must be identical, but identical in what? Capacity will be the same, is it enough?

The other option is to buy a kit of 2 (5300) GB of crucial, but I had rather not throw a good stick of pc2 4300. Is this a good stick of RAM?

Thanks in advance


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