Just got 1 gig of RAM... QUESTION.
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Rambo
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mummer43 said:
It depends...I don't know if they have to be the same brand, but i do know that if both RAM cards are different speeds, the faster one will be reduced down to the slower ones speed...
If it was me, I would probably just take out the 512 stick and shove in the 1024 one
Rambo said:It depends...I don't know if they have to be the same brand, but i do know that if both RAM cards are different speeds, the faster one will be reduced down to the slower ones speed...
If it was me, I would probably just take out the 512 stick and shove in the 1024 one
That's probably what I'll do. Thanks!
Professor
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If you want to keep the ram you have for an upgrade you'll want to get RAM that has the same speed (PC # and same DDR, # and type).
Eg. I have Corsair XMS 1GB (2x512MB) DDR 400 (PC 3200). Now if I want to upgrade I want RAM with DDR 400 and PC 3200, otherwise the slower RAM speed is the speed all of the RAM on your system will go, so there is no use spending more on faster RAM. So I could get, say... OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR 400 (PC 3200) and it should work fine.
I would suggest though, that you stay in the same brand as your previous RAM so that you decrease the chance of there being a conflict.
So if I were to upgrade, I would probably get... Corsair XMS 2GB (2x1GB) DDR 400 (PC 3200).
If you don't want to take the chance of getting the wrong speed RAM or your current RAM is slower than you want, then I'd say just replace it.
Eg. I have Corsair XMS 1GB (2x512MB) DDR 400 (PC 3200). Now if I want to upgrade I want RAM with DDR 400 and PC 3200, otherwise the slower RAM speed is the speed all of the RAM on your system will go, so there is no use spending more on faster RAM. So I could get, say... OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR 400 (PC 3200) and it should work fine.
I would suggest though, that you stay in the same brand as your previous RAM so that you decrease the chance of there being a conflict.
So if I were to upgrade, I would probably get... Corsair XMS 2GB (2x1GB) DDR 400 (PC 3200).
If you don't want to take the chance of getting the wrong speed RAM or your current RAM is slower than you want, then I'd say just replace it.
apj101
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That doesn't happen very often
you can just pop in the new stick, but as mentioned this may down clock you gig stick, but only if you current 512mb is running slowers the ddr400. Check with cpu-z and see;
http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
billybobjoe
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keep the 512 in there
Geoff
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first off, dont they have to me the same size in order to have dual-channel? Cause he has a 1gb and a 512mb.
An easy way to tell is to look at your motherboard, if it has 4 sockets, there should be 2 sets of colors , not sure how to tell with only 2 slots. The BIOS might say something.
An easy way to tell is to look at your motherboard, if it has 4 sockets, there should be 2 sets of colors , not sure how to tell with only 2 slots. The BIOS might say something.
jancz3rt
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Yeah
I see your point. I don't think I made it clear enough. What I was trying ti imply was that it would be a better choice to put both stick in because they would not run in dual channel anyway (due to the above mentioned reason) and would hopefully help the performance.
JAN
I see your point. I don't think I made it clear enough. What I was trying ti imply was that it would be a better choice to put both stick in because they would not run in dual channel anyway (due to the above mentioned reason) and would hopefully help the performance.
JAN