- Jan 17, 2014
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Hello, i am upgrading a little my old computer and I think of adding ram too, problem is I have 2 dual channel slots(4 slots in total) for ram.
MY MB - Gigabyte p35-s3g
Now I have installed 2gb kingston ram at slot 1 and ocz 1 gb ram in slot 3
So I have 2 more free slots.
As I understand I need the same memory, speed, bus rams to work at dual channel, brand mixing theoretically shall not be a problem as far as specs fit and MB do not refuse it.
So I think what would be better ?
Putting single 2gb ram and possibly trying to risk making it go dual channel with my current 2gb ram or just buy 2x 1gb rams to fill in empty places knowing it will definitely go together ?
Will it cause any problem if I have 2x 2gb rams what do not go together as dual channel ?
For example I buy 2gb ram and I have 2x2gb and 1x 1gb.
For now I am looking at :
Crucial, 2GB, 240-pin DIMM, DDR2 PC2-6400 800MHz ram for 26 euros
A-DATA DDR2 2GB 240-pin DIMM 800MHz ram for 30 euros
Transcend DDR2 2GB 800MHz JM800QLU-2G for 24 euros
Corsair 2GB, 667MHz DDR2, non-ECC CL5 SODIMM for 28 euros
Generally looking 2x1gb ram result in same or little higher price if taking a-data ddr2 1gb ram.
There are some cheap Komputerbay rams at amazon, but I heard some bad bad reviews for them.
As I know corsair is pretty good ram, not sure about the rest.
I do not want to buy something too expensive too, because in a year I plan on changing MB, processor and the most of remaining things in my pc. For now better RAM is just temporary solution to get rid of bottleneck my current 3gb ram is, I am sure even with upgrading it to 5gb it will be much better.
MY MB - Gigabyte p35-s3g
Now I have installed 2gb kingston ram at slot 1 and ocz 1 gb ram in slot 3
So I have 2 more free slots.
As I understand I need the same memory, speed, bus rams to work at dual channel, brand mixing theoretically shall not be a problem as far as specs fit and MB do not refuse it.
So I think what would be better ?
Putting single 2gb ram and possibly trying to risk making it go dual channel with my current 2gb ram or just buy 2x 1gb rams to fill in empty places knowing it will definitely go together ?
Will it cause any problem if I have 2x 2gb rams what do not go together as dual channel ?
For example I buy 2gb ram and I have 2x2gb and 1x 1gb.
For now I am looking at :
Crucial, 2GB, 240-pin DIMM, DDR2 PC2-6400 800MHz ram for 26 euros
A-DATA DDR2 2GB 240-pin DIMM 800MHz ram for 30 euros
Transcend DDR2 2GB 800MHz JM800QLU-2G for 24 euros
Corsair 2GB, 667MHz DDR2, non-ECC CL5 SODIMM for 28 euros
Generally looking 2x1gb ram result in same or little higher price if taking a-data ddr2 1gb ram.
There are some cheap Komputerbay rams at amazon, but I heard some bad bad reviews for them.
As I know corsair is pretty good ram, not sure about the rest.
I do not want to buy something too expensive too, because in a year I plan on changing MB, processor and the most of remaining things in my pc. For now better RAM is just temporary solution to get rid of bottleneck my current 3gb ram is, I am sure even with upgrading it to 5gb it will be much better.
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