Extra ram stick

felkine · Feb 13, 2014

Currently I have 2x2gb ddr3 ram running in dual channel on my pc. However couple of days ago a friend of mine gave me a 2gb ddr3 stick which he bought by mistake.
Can i add that extra stick of ram and will i get better perfomance from 2x2gb in dual channel or from 3x2gb single channel. If it matters my mobo is gigabyte b75-d3v ( http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4149#ov ).

scout_03 · Feb 13, 2014

your better stay with the dual channel the other thing does the one it gave you match with the one you already have on your system if they are not the same specs that could made conflict .

qewee · Feb 13, 2014

There is 2 type you have to work with in RAM slots:

* 1 & 3: and that called Triple Channel motherboards, you can use 1 ram stick 3 or 6 for matching mobo bios firmware, if you use 2 or 4 the bios will switch the processes to duel or quad channel in every processes will increasing your CAS latency and some mobos don't have the switcher it will give you error peep.
* 2 & 4: Duel Channel mobo, you can use 2, 4 or 8 ram sticks, not 1, 3, 6 or 9 ^^

Best regards, Faisal

Legohouse · Feb 13, 2014

felkine :

Check if the memory is compatible with your motherboard. If it compatible then you can install it. Yes, more memory is always better so instead of throwing the memory away, why not use it and get the best out of it??

The memory will run in single channel mode the difference isn't huge so IMO install it.

qewee · Feb 13, 2014

felkine :

You have 2 RAM and your friend give you one, buy other one so you will have 4 sticks.. but, must be same Size, Speed and Voltage as that in your system and make sure the one you have from your friend also the same.

Best regards, Faisal

felkine · Feb 13, 2014

Ok I put the 3rd ram stick in and everything is good so far. Cpu-z says i have 6gb of ram and that it still runs in dual channel(why?) . All 3 sticks are 2gb each and 1333mhz each, how ever only two are same brand. Can you tell me some examples of problems that I might experience because of the extra stick so if they happen I will know that the extra stick is the problem. And sorry for this noobish question but is this in any way dangerous for my mobo/cpu?( the different voltages for example). Thanks to all who anwsered so far

Edit: qewee many thanks for your help, i know that ram is very cheap nowadays especially ddr3 but I really cant buy another stick in the near future so I would rather pull the 3rd stick out then buy a fourth one if you think that will be better.

qewee · Feb 13, 2014

felkine :

Look mate.. there is no problem will cause.. but here is what happened in your PC right now

Before: BIOS split slots 2&4.. ONE IN and ONE OUT (total 2 sticks) - dual channel
Now: 2&4.. 2 IN and ONE out (total 3 sticks) - single channel
It's slow one side process now

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