7G DDR3? Is that possible?

[malianjia]

I have six memory slots in my PC. I already have 3*1G DDR3 1066 in 1, 3, 5
Can I install 2*2G DDR3 1333 in 2, 4 so that I can upgrade my memory from 3G to 7G? Will that improve my PC's performance?

Thanks in advance!

 

[malianjia]

I know the 1333 will downgrade to 1066, but that's OK as long as the system is working and I got better gaming performance. I am cool with that.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Good question, personally i'd stick with triple sets...ie 2x2x2, or 1x1x1, etc.

 

[jjmIII]

Good question, personally i'd stick with triple sets...ie 2x2x2, or 1x1x1, etc.

Sums it up for me too.....but I'd guess 7gb is better than 3gb (in a 64bit OS).

 

[Acanthus]

I'm not sure whether it will revert to dual channel performance, or just not work without a 3rd 2gb module.

 

[n7]

Check your manual for what slots to arrange them in, but yeah, i'd definitely do that.

People get far too excited over having matching sizes/speeds/numbers when it comes to RAM.

If it's stable, 7 GB > 4 GB.
Any performance "drop" is going to be impossible to discern in anything but synthetic benchmarks.

 

[Acanthus]

Check your manual for what slots to arrange them in, but yeah, i'd definitely do that.

People get far too excited over having matching sizes/speeds/numbers when it comes to RAM.

If it's stable, 7 GB > 4 GB.
Any performance "drop" is going to be impossible to discern in anything but synthetic benchmarks.

This is true, i shouldve clarified that reverting to dual channel will not hurt performance at all.