adding crappy ram to good ram

grazhopper · 01-07-2006, 01:31 PM

I am going to buy a new computer soon and I'm putting 1GB mof RAM into it. I was wondering if I could take RAM from a very old computer, and adding it to the RAM just as a little extra boost. I was wondering first if I could combine RAM sticks of diffferent capacity? Also, would there be any negative affects of putting a really low capacity RAM stick and combine it with a bigger capacity? Also, is this reccomended for just a little extra RAM on my computer??

bigsaucybob · 01-07-2006, 01:38 PM

well depending on ur mobo and pretty sure u can mix types of memory. but its not reccoemended.

Chiefs27 · 01-07-2006, 06:59 PM

It just depends on what your mobo can accept, you might need to look into that. Also, for old RAM there are dif. voltages on some of them so if that happens dont force it in, haha. We did that in a class i'm in as an example and it melted everything, it was pretty sweet. But i'd just advise using the new RAM and not messing with the old stuff. But do what you wish.

krimson_king · 01-07-2006, 07:13 PM

well, for one thing its got to be the same configuration (my guess is that the "old" ram is sd, and the new ram is going to be ddr). plus, some newer motherboards wont even TAKE certain frequencies, for instance mine only accepts 333mhz or 400mhz, nothing else. if you KNOW that the ram is relatively similar, except for maybe the amount of memory, then it might be ok, but its still not a very good idea.

suprasteve · 01-09-2006, 06:47 PM

I'd say bad idea, for instance the timings on the old stuff are probably ugly, and the new ram will only run at whatever frequency the old stuff did, not to mention all the possible problems already mentioned

grazhopper · 01-09-2006, 09:59 PM

Yeah forget it, I think 1GB will be fine. Maybe will upgrade to 2GB's in the future... who knows.

Xycron · 01-09-2006, 11:59 PM

If they are BOth DDR, or they are BOTH SD,or BOTH DDR2, it will work, but if one runs at lower frecency then it will slow the other(which it being older or low ompacity doesn't mean that it will)and depening on the max your mobo/cpu can supoprt

01-07-2006, 01:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
grazhopper Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 18 Posts: 226	adding crappy ram to good ram I am going to buy a new computer soon and I'm putting 1GB mof RAM into it. I was wondering if I could take RAM from a very old computer, and adding it to the RAM just as a little extra boost. I was wondering first if I could combine RAM sticks of diffferent capacity? Also, would there be any negative affects of putting a really low capacity RAM stick and combine it with a bigger capacity? Also, is this reccomended for just a little extra RAM on my computer?? __________________ Le Rig... Mobo: ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Vid card: eVGA 7800GTX 256MB Sound card:Creative Sound Blaster 2zs Case: Aspire X-cruise HD: Western Digital 3.0GB/s 250GB 7200RPM RAM: OCZ Gold Series 1GB(2x512MB) CPU:AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego PSU:Antec Truepower 550W Headphones: Sennheiser PC150 Keyboard/ Mouse: G15/ Razer Diamondback Monitor:Dell UltraSharp 1907FP 19"

01-07-2006, 01:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
bigsaucybob Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: ny Age: 18 Posts: 3,913	well depending on ur mobo and pretty sure u can mix types of memory. but its not reccoemended. __________________ Equipt NOW

01-07-2006, 06:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
Chiefs27 Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: North Dakota Age: 18 Posts: 100	It just depends on what your mobo can accept, you might need to look into that. Also, for old RAM there are dif. voltages on some of them so if that happens dont force it in, haha. We did that in a class i'm in as an example and it melted everything, it was pretty sweet. But i'd just advise using the new RAM and not messing with the old stuff. But do what you wish. __________________ *Hit the ball Mahaa*

01-07-2006, 07:13 PM	#4 (permalink)
krimson_king Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: connecticut Age: 21 Posts: 466	well, for one thing its got to be the same configuration (my guess is that the "old" ram is sd, and the new ram is going to be ddr). plus, some newer motherboards wont even TAKE certain frequencies, for instance mine only accepts 333mhz or 400mhz, nothing else. if you KNOW that the ram is relatively similar, except for maybe the amount of memory, then it might be ok, but its still not a very good idea. __________________ sí, señor.

01-09-2006, 09:59 PM	#6 (permalink)
grazhopper Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 18 Posts: 226	Yeah forget it, I think 1GB will be fine. Maybe will upgrade to 2GB's in the future... who knows. __________________ Le Rig... Mobo: ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Vid card: eVGA 7800GTX 256MB Sound card:Creative Sound Blaster 2zs Case: Aspire X-cruise HD: Western Digital 3.0GB/s 250GB 7200RPM RAM: OCZ Gold Series 1GB(2x512MB) CPU:AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego PSU:Antec Truepower 550W Headphones: Sennheiser PC150 Keyboard/ Mouse: G15/ Razer Diamondback Monitor:Dell UltraSharp 1907FP 19"

01-09-2006, 06:47 PM	#5 (permalink)
suprasteve Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Atlanta Posts: 1,355	I'd say bad idea, for instance the timings on the old stuff are probably ugly, and the new ram will only run at whatever frequency the old stuff did, not to mention all the possible problems already mentioned

01-09-2006, 11:59 PM	#7 (permalink)
Xycron banned Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,099	If they are BOth DDR, or they are BOTH SD,or BOTH DDR2, it will work, but if one runs at lower frecency then it will slow the other(which it being older or low ompacity doesn't mean that it will)and depening on the max your mobo/cpu can supoprt

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