Adding RAM

[Gusty987]

I have an ASUS K8V SE Deluxe mobo with Athlon 64 3000+. The motherboard has 3 ports for RAM and I currently have a 512 stick in 2 of the ports for a total of 1 gb. I want to upgrade to 2 GB so could I just put a 1 GB stick in the third port?

And the other ones are PC3500, would the new stick need to be PC3500 (with same timings?)??

thank

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

I believe you can, but dual channel would be off.

 

[savvy]

I've heard it's the best idea to have all the RAM the exact same kind. So 4 512s would be a better idea (someone correct me if I am wrong.)

 

[Gusty987]

I only have 3 slots for RAM...

So will I need to get 2x 1GB instead?

 

[Lemon law]

If you go with the original idea---it may be best put the gig stick in slot one and move the 512 MB stick from slot one to slot 3---but someone correct me if I am wrong.

But question---why do you need that much ram?

 

[Atheus]

It will probably work (no way to guarentee) but you will get no dual channel and all sticks will default to the speed of the slowest stick.

Unless you overclock it won't be that much worse than what you have now.

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

Originally posted by: savvy
I've heard it's the best idea to have all the RAM the exact same kind. So 4 512s would be a better idea (someone correct me if I am wrong.)

This is false. I've mixed ram all the time and it always works.

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

Originally posted by: Lemon law
If you go with the original idea---it may be best put the gig stick in slot one and move the 512 MB stick from slot one to slot 3---but someone correct me if I am wrong.

But question---why do you need that much ram?

bah, you can never have enough ram 🙂