3gb or 4gb? that is the question

AcetheGamer · 01-11-2008, 05:23 AM

how many slots do you have? if you got only two, better have two 1 GB sticks for dual channel support if you mobo supports it,.....if you got 4 slots,....add 2 more sticks of 512's,......and no, you won't notice any difference when surfing the net and just a little performance gain in gaming

JLV2k5 · 01-11-2008, 06:46 AM

Is it okay do use dual channel slots in this manner? Have two 1gb sticks and then have two 512mb sticks? Would this work ?

abstractposer · 01-11-2008, 01:45 PM

also, it doesn't matter if you have miss-matching brands of ram correct? and what is a good way to find out if your mobo can handle 4gb.

2048Megabytes · 01-11-2008, 02:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by abstractposer

also, it doesn't matter if you have miss-matching brands of ram correct? and what is a good way to find out if your mobo can handle 4gb.

Go to this link and download the program CPU-Z.
http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

Click on the "CPU-Z 1.43" link on the left of the page to download.

Give us all the information that CPU-Z displays on your motherboard and processor and we should be able to help you determine how much memory your motherboard can handle.

PC eye · 01-11-2008, 09:57 PM

Simply looking over the specifications on the make and model board there will show how much is supported as well as the type and speed. When mixing any memory make sure the type and timings are the same to avoid problems.

abstractposer · 01-12-2008, 03:34 AM

i will check that site soon. i was told that the 32bit edition of vista can only handle like 2gb, but i also need to check if i have the 32bit or 64bit

dznutz · 01-12-2008, 09:04 AM

32 bit vista will handle 3.2 gigs

go to task manager and see what your peak memory usage is. you probably don't need more than 2 gigs unless you use a lot of memory intensive programs. on my xp build i rarely go beyond 1 gig and i mostly idle around 600-700 megs.

JLV2k5 · 01-12-2008, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by abstractposer

also, it doesn't matter if you have miss-matching brands of ram correct? and what is a good way to find out if your mobo can handle 4gb.

I heard this practice was ill advised.

**Cromewell** · 01-13-2008, 12:36 AM

It's OK to mismatch brands. You should avoid mismatching voltages though.

PC eye · 01-13-2008, 04:32 AM

The problem isn't simply the different brand name but can be seen within the same brand as well. If you have memory running at 2v and the other at 1.8v something won't work right. For 1,8-2v and 2-2.2v memory you would have to manually set the voltage to 2v in the bios. By that time you would also be running two different types as well.

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AcetheGamer Silver Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Philippines Age: 19 Posts: 111	how many slots do you have? if you got only two, better have two 1 GB sticks for dual channel support if you mobo supports it,.....if you got 4 slots,....add 2 more sticks of 512's,......and no, you won't notice any difference when surfing the net and just a little performance gain in gaming __________________ -> AMD Sempron 64 3000+ socket 754 1.8ghz/Celeron D 2.4 ghz -> Asus K8V-VM single channel mobo/ECS p4VMM2 -> Inno3d 7600GST DDR3 128-bit/ATI Radeon 9250 -> 2GB DDR400 ram/512mb DDR333 -> Samsung SP0822N 80GB 7,200rpm IDE/Seagate 40GB IDE -> LG CD-RW/DVD-ROM_Lite-on CD-RW/Sony 52x cdrom -> HEC Raptor 500w PSU/stock -> Creative Labs SBS 370 2.1 speaker/generic speakers -> Realtek HD Audio/onboard -> Samsung 739MG 17"inches crt/Samsung 15"inches crt

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JLV2k5 Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: University of Delaware Age: 21 Posts: 1,300	Is it okay do use dual channel slots in this manner? Have two 1gb sticks and then have two 512mb sticks? Would this work ? __________________ Can't wait to finish college and build my system.

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PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,333	Simply looking over the specifications on the make and model board there will show how much is supported as well as the type and speed. When mixing any memory make sure the type and timings are the same to avoid problems. __________________ Turning the Tongue into a Device Controller http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Sma...ory?id=5647175 Is EBay going out of the Auction Business? http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5626840&page=1

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dznutz Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: california Age: 28 Posts: 558	32 bit vista will handle 3.2 gigs go to task manager and see what your peak memory usage is. you probably don't need more than 2 gigs unless you use a lot of memory intensive programs. on my xp build i rarely go beyond 1 gig and i mostly idle around 600-700 megs. __________________ ANTEC 900 COOLERMASTER EXTREME 500w MSI NEO-F p35 INTEL E4500 EVGA geforce 7300gs 2gb CORSAIR XMS2 SAMSUNG SH-203N SATA SEAGATE BARRACUDA 1Tb SATA AIRLINK 101 300n pci XP PRO 32 bit, VISTA ULTIMATE 64 bit

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Cromewell Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canada Age: 25 Posts: 10,117	It's OK to mismatch brands. You should avoid mismatching voltages though. __________________ You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with 'til ya understand who's in ruttin' command here. I must plug a couple comics because they are good :D: www.ctrlaltdel-online.com www.userfriendly.org

01-11-2008, 01:45 PM	#13 (permalink)
abstractposer New Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 19 Posts: 24	also, it doesn't matter if you have miss-matching brands of ram correct? and what is a good way to find out if your mobo can handle 4gb.

01-12-2008, 03:34 AM	#16 (permalink)
abstractposer New Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 19 Posts: 24	i will check that site soon. i was told that the 32bit edition of vista can only handle like 2gb, but i also need to check if i have the 32bit or 64bit

01-13-2008, 04:32 AM	#20 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,333	The problem isn't simply the different brand name but can be seen within the same brand as well. If you have memory running at 2v and the other at 1.8v something won't work right. For 1,8-2v and 2-2.2v memory you would have to manually set the voltage to 2v in the bios. By that time you would also be running two different types as well. __________________ Turning the Tongue into a Device Controller http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Sma...ory?id=5647175 Is EBay going out of the Auction Business? http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5626840&page=1

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