Adding more memory to my system

[bradyapba]

Ok heres my question.

I have this Mother Board...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130468

4 1 gig ddr 400 (3200) slots.

I have in it right now this Patriot memory:

Patriot 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220033


Now i have a chance to add 2 more sticks in the open 2 slots...But only about $100 to do it. If i put slower Dual channel in the other 2 slots, or slower non dual channel memory in the other 2 slots, will that slow down my Patriot Memory? Or will it even work?

Thanks for any info!

Chris

 

[CheesePoofs]

Unless you have a Venice or Sandiego core chip, adding four sticks of ram will force yoru ram to run at DDR333 and 2T timings. You should be able to force it to run at DDR400, but you still have to run 2T timings. Your ram will have to run slower anyways, even if you got two more sticks of expensive ram.

 

[SlitheryDee]

All memory will run at the speed/timings of the of the slowest sticks. Some value memory may be able to overclock to those timings however.

 

[bradyapba]

yes i have the Venice core. I have this processor.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103536


so evenif i have to lower to 2T timings... i would assume i would still see and increase in performance by adding another gig of ram?

thanks again.

Chris

 

[CheesePoofs]

It depends. What do you do with yoru computer?

Like SlitheryDee said, your ram will run as slow as the slowest stick, but it will also run at 2T timings.

 

[bradyapba]

Its a gaming system... i play a ton of current games on it.


I was thinking of adding this ram.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220060


Thanks,

Chris

 

[shoRunner]

what games. not many games benefit much for 2GB of ram. BF2 will though

 

[bradyapba]

yo name it i play it, BF 2, HL2, Rome, etc...

I also host games for my friends when we play rome, Swat 4, etc.. in co-op play...

I noticed in rome... if i get more than 3 of my friends in the game, and we have a lot of armies... it starts to slow down... so i was hoping to add some memory to help that a bit.

Chris