Memory upgrade help

[terminator]

Hey guys, so I have two sets of these right now http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231185

but I want to upgrade to these
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231358

so could I run the Three sticks of 4gigs and one of the 1gig sticks I have now?

And will that run fine with with the rest of my computer?

AMD Phenom II X4 955

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131398

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150466

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006

 

[claptonman]

Your motherboard is dual channel, so no. You're better off getting 2 stick of 4GB, making it 8GB. You won't see any improvement if you get 12GB compared to 8GB.

Here's some good RAM with great timing:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231445

 

[terminator]

Why wont I see any deference?

 

[claptonman]

Windows only utilizes about 4-8GB of RAM. (May be more like 4GB, but a lot of people get 8GB just for the room to spare) Unless you are running multiple programs that eat up RAM, 8GB is more than enough.

 

[terminator]

Well I do 3D art and that pretty much kills my 4gb of ram. with 12gb of ram I could really step it up, 13 if I can run one of the 1gb, I would really like someone to answer my first question.