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Noobie RAM question

xMobiusTyrx

xMobiusTyrx

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Hello all!
New here.

I've upgraded a lot of stuff on my PC (video cards, sound cards, PSU's, OS's, monitors, fans). But one thing I have never upgraded is my RAM. I've had my RAM since I built this PC and would like to add more of it.

On my ASUS P5Q-PRO motherboard I currently have 4gb's of RAM (F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ) G.Skill which is DDRII800 cl5-5-5-15

Now I want to keep this RAM in, to add more do I have to get the exact same RAM stick as above? In example would the PC accept and run to the fullest this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231301

It's basically the same accept it has 4GB (I'm on Win7 64bit so I can have up to 16gb ram).

Now here is the tricky part. my friend said RAM is a real asshole and the slightest indifference will throw it off. Would the 2x4GB throw off the 2x2gb sticks at all or vice versa? Or wouldn't they because they're practically the same model?


Any help would be greatly appreciated! 😛
 
I've mixed RAM around for ages without issues running a computer recycling shop.

Try and get the same if you have it, if not, use whatever, and you should be fine 🙂
 
At this point in that platform's lifetime, why would you want to spring for 4GB modules? You should double-check that they are supported in your motherboard. (AFAIK, only P45 chipset S775 mobos support 4GB DDR2 DIMMs.)

To play it safe, I would just get another 2x2GB kit, that is identical to what you already have.

I have 8GB of DDR2 in my two desktop rigs, and I rarely go over 2.5GB of usage. 8GB is overkill for me, and I suspect that 12GB is going to be WAY overkill for you. (Unless you run lots of VMs.)
 
I'd try to keep it the same size/timings/speed/voltage modules. Then it shouldn't matter what brand you use.
 
VirtualLarry said:
At this point in that platform's lifetime, why would you want to spring for 4GB modules? You should double-check that they are supported in your motherboard. (AFAIK, only P45 chipset S775 mobos support 4GB DDR2 DIMMs.)

To play it safe, I would just get another 2x2GB kit, that is identical to what you already have.

I have 8GB of DDR2 in my two desktop rigs, and I rarely go over 2.5GB of usage. 8GB is overkill for me, and I suspect that 12GB is going to be WAY overkill for you. (Unless you run lots of VMs.)
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I game a lot and do a lot of work in Adobe After Effects and Sony Vegas Pro 10. My last rendering project took about 16 hours to render 😱

I had to go into Vegas 10's .exe to allow it to render things above 2GB of RAM (since I have 4) and it still shouldn't be 16 hours for 10 minutes of video.
 
xMobiusTyrx said:
I game a lot and do a lot of work in Adobe After Effects and Sony Vegas Pro 10. My last rendering project took about 16 hours to render 😱

I had to go into Vegas 10's .exe to allow it to render things above 2GB of RAM (since I have 4) and it still shouldn't be 16 hours for 10 minutes of video.
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16 hours for 10 minutes does seem a bit long.
Before ordering the G.Skill memory, check your HD health to make sure it's up to snuff.
If you have a HD going out your memory upgrade won't make much difference.
 
xMobiusTyrx said:
I game a lot and do a lot of work in Adobe After Effects and Sony Vegas Pro 10. My last rendering project took about 16 hours to render 😱

I had to go into Vegas 10's .exe to allow it to render things above 2GB of RAM (since I have 4) and it still shouldn't be 16 hours for 10 minutes of video.
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That means that your app is 32-bit, and you had to set the LargeAddressAware flag. Which means that at most, under a 64-bit OS, you will be able to use 4GB for that program.
 
VirtualLarry said:
That means that your app is 32-bit, and you had to set the LargeAddressAware flag. Which means that at most, under a 64-bit OS, you will be able to use 4GB for that program.
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doh! yeah. the disc looked the same and I installed 32 bit. the 64 bit version is a crap ton faster. thanks for helping out my idiocy.
 
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