Dom87SS

i currently have a mobo that will accept 4gb ram, and i have 2 2gb sticks. Now i am getting a mobo with 16gb capacity. If i buy 2 4gb (or a 4gb and a 8gb) sticks to add to it how do i know they will work together stacked up. ive also heard that some boards will run from the lesser of whatever you have plugged in. Is this true for any, some, or all applications? I just dont want to dump money into ram to have it not perform, or have to basically pull my 4gb i have and not use them.

also are there any features i should look for, or stay away from when looking at ram? i am mainly using this computer to do editing for pictures/video/music so i want it to be able to run multiple programs effortlessly.

johnb35

If you are just a regular computer user(browse internet, email, office applications) there is no need to get more than 4gb of memory. What do you do with your computer?

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Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R
CPU - E8400
Memory - 2GB Corsair XMS2 (2x 1gb)
Graphics - ATI HD3870
Hard Drives - 250GB Seagate
DVD Drive - Lite-On
DVD Burner - Lite-On
Power Supply - Rosewill RP600V2-S-SL 600W
22" Acer widescreen AL2216WBD

Dom87SS

forgot to add they are DDR2-800's that i have now



i do a lot of image and video editing. which is why i built this computer in the first place. I generally run multiple programs at the same time that seem to load it down some now (being at 4gb). I also run 2 external drives off the computer for various things (a 250gb and a 1tb). its just that i have a lot of things i tend to run simultaneously, all of which will slow it down. So i guess im trying to aid the computer to run better even when i have 3-5 heavy weight programs running.

it gets used as a main computer as well for the general daily use of email/web stuff. No gaming really....or at least i havent gotten into it as of yet.

johnb35

The only thing you might have to do is up the memory voltage if you use all 4 slots. 4 slots times 4gb sticks equals 16gb.

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Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R
CPU - E8400
Memory - 2GB Corsair XMS2 (2x 1gb)
Graphics - ATI HD3870
Hard Drives - 250GB Seagate
DVD Drive - Lite-On
DVD Burner - Lite-On
Power Supply - Rosewill RP600V2-S-SL 600W
22" Acer widescreen AL2216WBD

Dom87SS

found my answer. basically i was lookin to see if i could run different capacity sticks on RAM, which i can. but they will only run at the slowest speed of any given one. so i just need to pick some at the same speed i have, or buy all new ones with a higher speed. i think im just gonna buy another set of the same 2gb i have to take me up to 8gb total.

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Mother Board - Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3
CPU - AMD Phenom II x3 710
HD - Seagate 500gb, WD 250gb, WD 1tb
Memory - AData 8gb (4 x 2gb)
Graphics - ATI Radeon HD 3870
PSU - Rosewill 600w
Drive - Samsung CD/DVD Burner
Monitor - 19" LG Widescreen, 42" LG LCD Flat screen