800Mhz paired with 1066mhz ram

[kal20mx]

So im running 4GB of 1066 ram the ones you see below

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231166

But I also have this other ram thats 2gb from Corsair.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145184


Am I able to run all 6gigs at 1066 or will I have to bump them down to 800mhz so they can be compatible with the corsair. If so will it be better to run my 4gbs at 1066 or run 6gigs on 800mhz.

 

[GhislainG]

Will you really take advantage of 6 GB of memory? If not, then don't bother. Depending on your computer, you might be able to run 6 GB at 800 MHz, 5-5-5-18 timings and 1.9V-2.0V. You probably will never get them totally stable at 1066 MHz even if you loosen the timings and increase the voltage. It sometimes is challenging to run four identical modules; running different modules just makes it more difficult.

 

[mindless728]

if you really want the 6GB, you would need to run them at 800
though 4GB is plenty just take out the 800 (maybe give it to a friend or something) and only use the 1066

 

[jitpublisher]

Agreed. Just keep what you have and sell or give the others to someone who needs them. Adding 2 more gig won't make much difference, and you would likely have to run them all at 800. And, just for the record, running 800 or 1066 won't make any noticable difference either.

 

[kal20mx]

Agreed. Just keep what you have and sell or give the others to someone who needs them. Adding 2 more gig won't make much difference, and you would likely have to run them all at 800. And, just for the record, running 800 or 1066 won't make any noticable difference either.

But since you said that it wont make a difference running 800 to 1066 wouldnt it be better to just have 6gbs so i can take advantage of it in games or while im unzipping games from utorrent? I do alot of ripping and zippin.

 

[jitpublisher]

But since you said that it wont make a difference running 800 to 1066 wouldnt it be better to just have 6gbs so i can take advantage of it in games or while im unzipping games from utorrent? I do alot of ripping and zippin.

Well, it certainly won't hurt to put it in the machine and see for yourself. I doubt you notice any difference no matter what you do, 4gig, 6 gig, 800, 1066....try it and see what is better. People just go way overboard on RAM these days because it is so cheap. There are very few people, normal everyday users, that would ever need more than 4 gig of RAM. What game do you have that would actually come close to maxing you out at 4 gig? Most games won't even use a gig, say windows uses a gig...at most, that still leaves you with 2 gig open. While you are gaming and downloading, open your task manager and see how much memory you are using.

 

[kal20mx]

Well you were right. I tried 6gbs and I didnt see that much improvement. What I did SEE was that I couldnt overclock my cpu as much as i would like to because the corsair sticks didnt like being overclocked as much as I would like the gskills. So i kept 4gigs running at 1200 and overclocked my cpu around 3.3. I like that better.