Memory 333mhz vs 400mhz

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"Flinching-Ninja" <utopia_nation@hotmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> wrote in
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|I currently have 2 512 sticks of 333mhz ram was wondering if there is
| much point in getting a single 1 gig stick of 400mhz?
| Im going to get the corsair memory with the heatsinks if i do get some
| and my current sticks are crucial memory i think.
| Not sure if its worth it or if i should wait tell next year when i
| build my new system.
| Could i overclock the corsair to a higher speed easily?
|

If you're going to build a new system next year, it is definitely not worth
it to buy 400 MHz RAM now. It will improve your system performance by a
maximum of about 2-5%, if I remember correctly.

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"Ed Light" <nobody@nobody.there> wrote in message
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> Next year you can run your 333's in dual channel, assuming you get that
> type of system and it likes the memory, and it will beat the single 400.

That is if you have a matched pair.


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"Charles C. Drew" <ccdrew11@hotmail.com> wrote

> I don't think it matters if you have a matched pair or not, depending on
> the
> CPU and motherboard chipset you are using.

I had a kt880 and two Corsair Value Selects wouldn't run in dual channel.
They had different chips on them, though they were both 512mb ddr333.


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"Charles C. Drew" <ccdrew11@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Ed Light" <nobody@nobody.there> wrote in message
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> | "Charles C. Drew" <ccdrew11@hotmail.com> wrote
> |
> | > I don't think it matters if you have a matched pair or not, depending
> on
> | > the
> | > CPU and motherboard chipset you are using.
> |
> | I had a kt880 and two Corsair Value Selects wouldn't run in dual
> channel.
> | They had different chips on them, though they were both 512mb ddr333.
> |
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> | Ed Light
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> WOW! I guess then it depends on the chipsets on the sticks of memory.
> Did
> you get the to work together at all on the same PC?

Yes, it ran them in single channel mode.

Since then I always buy dual-channel kits. And if I'll need 4 sticks, I'll
get 2 dual-channel kits all at once so they're from the same batch.
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