Can you mix small memory with bigger memory?

Answer 1

I don't know about the new computers is that possible or not, but I have in my work an old acer desktop that run on Pentium 4 1.5Gh and having a RAM of 128 m and the motherboard have 3 slots for SDRAM, at first new SDRAMs was no ware to be found so I brought an old 2 sdrams each have 64 m and after I add them the system went up to 256 m, and have being using it for more than one year and It was Ok until I bought two new 512 SDRAMs and replaced it with the old ones so I guss it s ok at least for the old PCs

I NEVER TRY IT IN MY NEW PCs

Answer 2

Sometimes yes, sometimes no. It really all depends on what the motherboard is expecting. Some don't really care whether memory is installed in "matched sets" or not, some perform better if it's matched but will still work with unmatched, some won't work at all unless the memory is matched quite closely.

Answer 3

Yes, as long as they are compatible with the existing hardware in the PC itself.