925X Express Ram

[gpse]

hey guys my PC has an Intel 925 Express Chipset.
currently I have 2 gigs of ram in dual channel.
I found two 512 sticks, if I install will I loose dual channel?
Currently:
Channel A:
Slot 1: 1gb Dimm
Slot 2: empty
Channel B:
Slot 1: 1gb Dimm
slot 2: empty

I'll be adding 512 Dimm's into slot 2 of both channels, for a total of 3GB.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

If the two 512 sticks have the same timings, you can still run dual channel. I do want to say that except in bench marking, you will be unable to tell the difference if your memory runs in dual channel or not. More ram is definitely more important than dual channel.

 

[gpse]

thanks for the reply, I'll add the extra ram for a total of 3GB then!

 

[nenforcer]

From wikipedia dual channel

If the motherboard has two pairs of differently colored DIMM sockets (the colors indicate which bank they belong to, bank 0 or bank 1), then one can place a matched pair of memory modules in bank 0, but a different-capacity pair of modules in bank 1, as long as they are of the same speed. Using this scheme, a pair of 1 GB memory modules in bank 0 and a pair of matched 512 MB modules in bank 1 would be acceptable for dual-channel operation.

It looks like you may want to move the 1GB DIMMs into their own bank and the same with the new 512MB DIMMs.