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tipoo   03-21-2007 at 08:40:20 PM

ok heres the deal... i just got a gig of ram advertised at pc3200 speeds, and i have left another 256mb stick in the slot running at pc2700. should i loose the old stick and run at higher speeds or should i keep both in for 1.25 gigs? my mainboard is a kt4v on a kt400 chipset.

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31computers   03-21-2007 at 08:56:41 PM
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If you keep all the sticks in, they will all default to the lowest rated speed i.e. 2700.
Forget the 256Mb of PC2700, and run your 1Gb at 3200 :D

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Mondoman   03-23-2007 at 05:42:07 AM
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If you are running Windows, keep the extra RAM for 1.25GB. Although it won't be a big speed improvement, any RAM is so much faster than virtual (hard drive) memory that more RAM is almost always better than faster RAM.

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tipoo   03-23-2007 at 08:08:34 PM
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so i have one reply each way... any more opinions?

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XMSYellowbeard   03-23-2007 at 09:49:11 PM
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so i have one reply each way... any more opinions?

I agree with Mondoman in this case, and especially since you don't need to worry about dual channel. For this system, more memory is gooder 8)

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CompTIA_Rep   03-23-2007 at 10:38:54 PM
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+1 Windows will use the memory increase more then the speed increase.


However, you might want to benchmark a game or something and see what you like.

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tipoo   03-28-2007 at 12:02:25 AM
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two sticks it is then. thanks guys!

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