Mixing Memory (400Mhz and 533 Mhz) DDR2

[Noob]

My current system has 1Gb of 400Mhz DDR2 RAM (2x512). I will shortly be coming into possession of 1Gb of 533Mhz DDR2 RAM (2x512).

1) Stick it all in? In which case, will that work? Can I run them all? At 400 Mhz? At 533 and 400 Mhz respectively? Is this a good idea?
2) Just stick the 533Mhz stuff in.

Any thoughts/help would be much appreciated.

 

[fishmahn]

1) you can. Yep, all at 400 though. (can only run as fast as the slowest memory) And finally, if you have applications that use over 1gig of RAM then its a good idea.

2) If you don't need more than 1gig of RAM, this is the better idea.

Mike.

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[xxsk8er101xx]

it will just downclock the memory to 400mhz. It's nothing to really worry about.

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