Question about Ram

Calmyourselfdown · 11-08-2005, 01:39 AM

I have 2 Kingston 256mb DDR400 PC3200 ram. If I added 2 more 25mb ram but a different brand, will anything go wrong? This might be a newb question. but i was just wondering cause i havent been upgrading my ram.

**Cromewell** · 11-08-2005, 01:42 AM

No, there isn't any reason it would cause a problem.

[-0MEGA-] · 11-08-2005, 01:42 AM

It will work fine, except if the different brand is slower then the kingston, then it will make all your ram the same speed.

Calmyourselfdown · 11-08-2005, 01:43 AM

okae so two different brands doesnt really matter as long as it has the same specs?

[-0MEGA-] · 11-08-2005, 01:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Calmyourselfdown

okae so two different brands doesnt really matter as long as it has the same specs?

Correct.

Calmyourselfdown · 11-08-2005, 01:49 AM

what is a decent size of ram?

[-0MEGA-] · 11-08-2005, 02:05 AM

Depends on what you want to do with your computer, if you dont do any gaming or any really intensive stuff like image/video/audio editing, then 512MB is usually enough. But for gamers and intense editing, 1GB-2GB is a good amount.

Calmyourselfdown · 11-08-2005, 02:08 AM

oooh okae. thats cool. thanks a lot duude.

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[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 19 Posts: 26,374	Depends on what you want to do with your computer, if you dont do any gaming or any really intensive stuff like image/video/audio editing, then 512MB is usually enough. But for gamers and intense editing, 1GB-2GB is a good amount. __________________ Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.83GHz Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L ATI HD 3870 GDDR4 @ (840/2332) 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2-850 500GB SATAII HD w/16MB SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 11593

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11-08-2005, 01:43 AM	#4 (permalink)
Calmyourselfdown Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: California Posts: 33	okae so two different brands doesnt really matter as long as it has the same specs?

11-08-2005, 01:49 AM	#6 (permalink)
Calmyourselfdown Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: California Posts: 33	what is a decent size of ram?

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Calmyourselfdown Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: California Posts: 33	oooh okae. thats cool. thanks a lot duude.