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Shankopotamus   10-16-2009 at 11:37:13 PM

I am upgrading my PC for the upcoming Windows 7 release.

Currently, I have two, 1 gig sticks of this ram - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820220144

My motherboard is the P5B Deluxe Wifi AP. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131028

I would like to upgrade with this RAM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820145184

Now - my question is, do I simply just replace the old ram to make 4 gigs? Or do I just put the new ram in the yellow slots (where old ram was) - and put the old ram in the black slots to create a total of 6 gigs?


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Bronze Motherboards badge saint19   10-16-2009 at 11:57:38 PM

Tell us the specifications of your RAM, the link don't show you currently RAM.

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Bronze Motherboards badge saint19   10-17-2009 at 06:48:45 AM

You can use your old RAM, BUT the voltage coulde be a problem, your current RAM is to 2.2V, and the other is to 1.8V.....With more low voltage is better, so put your new RAM in the yellow and the old in the black, BUT in the BIOS configure the V RAM to auto.

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Shankopotamus   10-17-2009 at 07:54:20 AM

saint19 wrote :

You can use your old RAM, BUT the voltage coulde be a problem, your current RAM is to 2.2V, and the other is to 1.8V.....With more low voltage is better, so put your new RAM in the yellow and the old in the black, BUT in the BIOS configure the V RAM to auto.




What if I went with -

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820220269


instead?

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Bronze Motherboards badge saint19   10-18-2009 at 04:40:04 AM

Have the same specifications that you old RAM, BUT more expensive and with the same "problem" that you old RAM, is a 2.2V, too high for a DDR2.

 

I use this:

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820148214

 

are really good and the voltage isn't a problem.


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