Memory upgrade question

[Haui]

Currently I have the following:

AMD X2 5600+
2GB PC2-5300 667MHZ (4X512MB)

Now, I want to go get 2 x 1gb dd2 pc2-5300 667mhz ram. I would like to know if I can put those in two slot, and put 2x512mb in the other two to have a total of 3gb ram. However, will it still run at the ddr2 potential (dual channel or whatever it is).

Anyone understand what I am trying to do?

Basically doing the following:

1gb sticks in slot 1 and 3
512mb sticks in 2 and 4

Reversed if need be.

Will this work?

 

[Tlkki]

You are running 4 sticks now, so there should be no problem. 2T is needed i think. Dual channel is only affected by the two sticks which form the "one big" channel, so as long as they are identical in pairs, i see no problem.

 

[Haui]

Can I get solid proof on this?

 

[Tlkki]

nope.. got to try yourself. Look in the manual of your mobo what it says about 4 stick dual channel configurations and whether your sticks are double sided or single sided. I never got that DS SS part though, i think they are all double sided nowadays.

 

[Haui]

It's a matter of me going and purchasing the ram. I would rather not if the ram wont work....

 

[cmdrdredd]

that will work fine as long as the identical stick is in the matching slot. You want each stick on the same channel to match up.

 

[Haui]

They will be. So it DOES work for sure.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Originally posted by: Haui
They will be. So it DOES work for sure.

Yes...I'm running 2 different memories in my system

2GB of DDR2-667 Crucial 10th Anniversary and 2GB of G.Skill HZ DDR2-800

Both are running in dual channel (each channel is matched with the identical sticks) at DDR2-800 2.1v 4-4-4-12 for a total of 4GB of memory.

 

[Nathelion]

maybe we should make that "it SHOULD work for sure"...