is it ok to run 2 differnt rams at once?

theasian100 · 06-14-2008, 04:27 AM

i have these:These

and im planning on buying These
tomarrow. my question is, is it safe to run these two rams together?

g25racer · 06-14-2008, 04:40 AM

^^ I dont see why not. Just make sure you have a 64bit OS to take advantage of the 4gb of ram. Also, make sure the first 2 ram sticks are in dual channel slots and the other 2 are in the other 2 slots.

theasian100 · 06-14-2008, 04:43 AM

Yeah their both dual channel
and umm i have a 32bit OS and umm i don't really care about taking full advantage of the 4 gigs lol but what will happen if i don't have a 32bit os?

g25racer · 06-14-2008, 04:48 AM

Then your OS will only be able to use just over 3gb of ram so, you are better off just getting one more stick of 1gb than 2gb. Why would you need 4gb of ram anyways? Do you ever hit max ram usage of your current 2gb? If not, then buying more ram is NOT going to increase the performance of your pc at all.

Steelshivan · 06-14-2008, 05:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by g25racer

Then your OS will only be able to use just over 3gb of ram so, you are better off just getting one more stick of 1gb than 2gb. Why would you need 4gb of ram anyways? Do you ever hit max ram usage of your current 2gb? If not, then buying more ram is NOT going to increase the performance of your pc at all.

I am assuming he will want to run a 64-bit OS sometime in the future. Problem with 3GB of memory is if you want the full works to be in dual-channel, that means you're buying 2 512MB sticks. Pros and cons to both I suppose. I just know running 3GB would be an OCD nightmare for me...and I'm typically not an OCDish type person.

theasian100 · 06-14-2008, 05:14 AM

well the thing is one of my sticks are dead and i already turned in the rebate so i can't get another so im running at 1 gig so im going to be running at 3 gigs when i buy the patriots

Cleric7x9 · 06-14-2008, 05:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theasian100

well the thing is one of my sticks are dead and i already turned in the rebate so i can't get another so im running at 1 gig so im going to be running at 3 gigs when i buy the patriots

you wont be using dual channel then

theasian100 · 06-14-2008, 06:21 AM

but wouldn't only the patriot ram be in dual channel? and the 1 stick be regular? or would all 3 sticks just be singles?

Cleric7x9 · 06-14-2008, 06:22 AM

they would all be single

theasian100 · 06-14-2008, 06:28 AM

would that put the ram to any disadvantages?

06-14-2008, 04:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
theasian100 Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: G-Town South CA Age: 14 Posts: 236	is it ok to run 2 differnt rams at once? i have these:These and im planning on buying These tomarrow. my question is, is it safe to run these two rams together? __________________ XFX nForce 680i LT SLI - Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 2.20ghz Ultra X-Blaster Black Corsair 2 ( 2 X 1Gb) Pc6400 Antec Earth Watts 500 - XFX GeForce 8500 GT Maxtor 160Gb internal - Samsung 120Gb External HDD Logitech S 510 - Logitech X-540 - Microsoft LX3000 19" Acer 193w (Black)

06-14-2008, 04:40 AM	#2 (permalink)
g25racer Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hamilton, MI Posts: 3,789	^^ I dont see why not. Just make sure you have a 64bit OS to take advantage of the 4gb of ram. Also, make sure the first 2 ram sticks are in dual channel slots and the other 2 are in the other 2 slots. __________________ CPU - AMD Athlon 64x2 5200+ @ 2.6ghz Ram - 2GB Stock clock HD - 320gb seagate & Samsung 750gb 32mb cache GPU - XFX 8600GT XXX Zalman @ 680 or 700mhz PSU - Ultra X-finity 600watt OS - Vista Home Premium(32) & Ubuntu (8.04) Ultimate Ed Audio - JVC 460watts Control - Logitech G25 Wheel & Logitech Rumblepad 2 Games - GTR2 and LFS -- Race Sim's for Life --

06-14-2008, 04:43 AM	#3 (permalink)
theasian100 Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: G-Town South CA Age: 14 Posts: 236	Yeah their both dual channel and umm i have a 32bit OS and umm i don't really care about taking full advantage of the 4 gigs lol but what will happen if i don't have a 32bit os? __________________ XFX nForce 680i LT SLI - Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 2.20ghz Ultra X-Blaster Black Corsair 2 ( 2 X 1Gb) Pc6400 Antec Earth Watts 500 - XFX GeForce 8500 GT Maxtor 160Gb internal - Samsung 120Gb External HDD Logitech S 510 - Logitech X-540 - Microsoft LX3000 19" Acer 193w (Black)

06-14-2008, 04:48 AM	#4 (permalink)
g25racer Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hamilton, MI Posts: 3,789	Then your OS will only be able to use just over 3gb of ram so, you are better off just getting one more stick of 1gb than 2gb. Why would you need 4gb of ram anyways? Do you ever hit max ram usage of your current 2gb? If not, then buying more ram is NOT going to increase the performance of your pc at all. __________________ CPU - AMD Athlon 64x2 5200+ @ 2.6ghz Ram - 2GB Stock clock HD - 320gb seagate & Samsung 750gb 32mb cache GPU - XFX 8600GT XXX Zalman @ 680 or 700mhz PSU - Ultra X-finity 600watt OS - Vista Home Premium(32) & Ubuntu (8.04) Ultimate Ed Audio - JVC 460watts Control - Logitech G25 Wheel & Logitech Rumblepad 2 Games - GTR2 and LFS -- Race Sim's for Life --

06-14-2008, 05:14 AM	#6 (permalink)
theasian100 Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: G-Town South CA Age: 14 Posts: 236	well the thing is one of my sticks are dead and i already turned in the rebate so i can't get another so im running at 1 gig so im going to be running at 3 gigs when i buy the patriots __________________ XFX nForce 680i LT SLI - Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 2.20ghz Ultra X-Blaster Black Corsair 2 ( 2 X 1Gb) Pc6400 Antec Earth Watts 500 - XFX GeForce 8500 GT Maxtor 160Gb internal - Samsung 120Gb External HDD Logitech S 510 - Logitech X-540 - Microsoft LX3000 19" Acer 193w (Black)

06-14-2008, 06:21 AM	#8 (permalink)
theasian100 Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: G-Town South CA Age: 14 Posts: 236	but wouldn't only the patriot ram be in dual channel? and the 1 stick be regular? or would all 3 sticks just be singles? __________________ XFX nForce 680i LT SLI - Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 2.20ghz Ultra X-Blaster Black Corsair 2 ( 2 X 1Gb) Pc6400 Antec Earth Watts 500 - XFX GeForce 8500 GT Maxtor 160Gb internal - Samsung 120Gb External HDD Logitech S 510 - Logitech X-540 - Microsoft LX3000 19" Acer 193w (Black)

06-14-2008, 06:22 AM	#9 (permalink)
Cleric7x9 Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Palm Beach, FL Age: 23 Posts: 1,681	they would all be single __________________ CPU \|\| e8400 RAM \|\| 2GB corsair xms2 pc6400 800mhz HDD \|\| 2x WD Raptor 150GB 2x WD 500GB MBO \|\| EVGA 680i SE GPU \|\| Evga 8800GT Superclocked w/ Accelero PSU \|\| Silverstone 750 watt Case\|\| Antec p182

06-14-2008, 06:28 AM	#10 (permalink)
theasian100 Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: G-Town South CA Age: 14 Posts: 236	would that put the ram to any disadvantages? __________________ XFX nForce 680i LT SLI - Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 2.20ghz Ultra X-Blaster Black Corsair 2 ( 2 X 1Gb) Pc6400 Antec Earth Watts 500 - XFX GeForce 8500 GT Maxtor 160Gb internal - Samsung 120Gb External HDD Logitech S 510 - Logitech X-540 - Microsoft LX3000 19" Acer 193w (Black)

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