Mismatched SODIMMS in G73jh

Hey guys, had a question.

First, I'll start out describing my experience. To make a long story short, I had my g73 replaced but the original g73 had ddr3-1333 memory in it and the replacement had ddr3-1066. The guys at Best Buy were nice enough to replace the slower memory with the 1333 but they destroyed the old laptop's motherboard getting to the stick on the backside of the mobo.

Now in my replacement I have 8gb of memory, 3 sticks of 1333 and 1 stick of 1066 left in the back.

My question is, should I go through the trouble of ripping out the stick of 1066? How does this affect dual channel operation? Should I just leave it as-is?

Thanks in advance.

 

I believe what will happen in your case is the 1333 memory will downclock to match the 1066. I think it will still run in the same "channel" as before.

Download CPU-Z and check and see what it's doing.

 

Thanks for the quick response. that's exactly what it's doing, still running in dual channel. Hmm... so performance wise do you think there's any difference in pulling the 1066 stick out to run 6gb at 1333 or 8gigs at 1066?

 

The only thing that you need to ask yourself is do you want 6GB @ 1333 or 8GB @ 1066?

If it were me, I'd pull the 1066 stick. Personally, I know I'd never utilize 6GB, let alone 8GB. I would want the same rated memory speed, if you know what I mean.

But, as it has been stated many times around here, the difference in real world performance between 1066 and 1333 is next to nothing.