Mixing RAM

[simonk83]

I have a noob question! Woo!

So, at the moment I have 2x1gb sticks of Crucial Ballistix (DRR800). I also happen to have 2x1gb sticks of Corsair VS (DDR667). I was planning on selling the VS, but as the price has crashed I'd lose too much cash, so I might just wait and try and sell it when the price rises again

Anyway. As I have the Corsair lying around, I thought I may as well try and stick it in the PC with the Crucial Obviously they're at different speeds, but the Corsair will easily OC to DDR 800 so that shouldn't be an issue. I'm running Vista 32 so I realise all 4GB won't be usable, but at least if I put the 4 sticks in it'll be running Dual Channel.

Now, what sort of problems am I likely to encounter, considering:

1) The different speeds (fixable by OCing)
2) The different brands
3) Vista 32bit
4) Using all 4 RAM slots (Gigabyte DS3P)

I do actually have Vista 64bit as well (Technet), but can't be bothered installing it as I've just got 32 the way I want it

Actually the timings might be an issue, as the Ballistix is 4,4,4,12 whereas the Corsair is 5,5,5,15 so I might need to compromise there, depending on how tight the Corsair can go.

 

[Zardnok]

You will likely have to drop the timings to 5-5-5-15 and run it at 800. There should be no problems as long as your Corsair will do the same speed that your Crucial does.