So i got this ram...

Hawk16 · 01-01-2006, 06:06 AM

so i got this ram and its 512 at 400/333mhz (it can change speeds) and i have a stick of 256 at 266mhz so is it better to combine these two to have alot of slow ram or to keep the 512 alone to have a little bit of fast ram?

tg900 · 01-01-2006, 05:50 PM

Right now I'm in just the same position as you. I have 768 ram, with a fast stick of 512 and a slow stick of 256. I was going to see if it works any faster with just the 512 in there. I haven't gotten around to it. I just keep the 768 in for now since I encode and decode movies onto my hard drive, and it needs some memory to buffer it. So if I were you, I'd take a stop watch, and see how fast it takes to boot windows with both setups.

Hawk16 · 01-01-2006, 06:55 PM

i see, but if i were just going to do some lite gaming (games like diablo 2, the sims, starcraft) and school work, dl music and surf the net which would be better for me, more ram at slow speed or less ram at a fast speed?

Modoman · 01-01-2006, 07:42 PM

less at fast.

Xycron · 01-01-2006, 07:52 PM

What is your motherbored FSB and CPU FSB you m ight not be running at that speed anyways.

01-01-2006, 06:06 AM	#1 (permalink)
Hawk16 Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 199	So i got this ram... so i got this ram and its 512 at 400/333mhz (it can change speeds) and i have a stick of 256 at 266mhz so is it better to combine these two to have alot of slow ram or to keep the 512 alone to have a little bit of fast ram?

01-01-2006, 05:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
tg900 Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 98	Right now I'm in just the same position as you. I have 768 ram, with a fast stick of 512 and a slow stick of 256. I was going to see if it works any faster with just the 512 in there. I haven't gotten around to it. I just keep the 768 in for now since I encode and decode movies onto my hard drive, and it needs some memory to buffer it. So if I were you, I'd take a stop watch, and see how fast it takes to boot windows with both setups. __________________ "Weighing in at an extremely portable 42 pounds (lbs) is the Lappy 486. Finally, a computer for your lap. By Compy." -StrongBad Gigabyte k8ns pro mb 2- 160 gb western digital 8mb cache, raid 0 heatsinks from some PII's on the sides to keep my hard drives cool dvd rom dvd writer 2- cd burners removable hard drive rack/bay athlon 64 3700+ win tv tv tuner 8-in-1 card reader gigabit ethernet 6 channel sound

01-01-2006, 07:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
Modoman Platinum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 553	less at fast. __________________ X2 3800+ Toledo @ 2.0GHz w/ Zalman 9500 2GB OCZ DC EL Plat. 2-3-2-5 2T MSI K8N-Neo4 2 x WD 36GB SATA Raptors eVga 7800GT @ 470/1200 FSP AX500-A 500w

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01-01-2006, 06:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
Hawk16 Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 199	i see, but if i were just going to do some lite gaming (games like diablo 2, the sims, starcraft) and school work, dl music and surf the net which would be better for me, more ram at slow speed or less ram at a fast speed?

01-01-2006, 07:52 PM	#5 (permalink)
Xycron banned Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,099	What is your motherbored FSB and CPU FSB you m ight not be running at that speed anyways.