6GB RAM on MacBookPro 4,1 (early 2008)

Hi everyone,
i've browsed around the discussion board and found that many of you are having the 6GB (1x4GB + 1x2GB sticks) of ram configuration on the MBP 4,1 model, which is the maximum amount supported by the hardware, as opposed to the 4GB recommended by apple, i'm tempted to upgrade my MBP from 2GB of ram to 6GB and i'd like to know the following:
1. has anyone experienced any problems with the 6GB configuration?
2. does it work fine in snow leopard?
3. any suggestion on what combination of type and or brand for the two sticks?, considering you cannot get identical sticks bundled since they are of two different sizes (or are there bundles for this? i'd like to know).
thank you very much in advance,
cheers

As far as apple ram, any kingston, corsair, crucial, name brand ram is very similar. Just make sure it comes with a warranty! You are right that you cannot get a matched pair with the 2,4 configuration but I am certain that it will be significantly faster than the 2GB that you have. Snow Leopard will make things even faster not only because of your ram but because it will also take advantage of your video card's processing speed.

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