Quick Memory Question

[ljump12]

was gonna upgrade my memory for doom3 to 1 gig...

I have a 2700 and a 2100 Stick (Both Kingston) running in Dual Channel, That leaves 1 slot open, can i put a 512 Stick of Crucial 2700 in, to make 1GB?

Thanks!

BTW this is The NF7-s motherboard.

 

[nick1985]

yeah, but i think it will all run at pc-2100 speeds. id go with 768 of pc-2700 over 1 gig of pc-2100

 

[ljump12]

from what people have told me... My Athlon 2400+ has a 266 FSB, and because of that it will not recognize any memory over 2100, that being the reason why i can dual Channel a 2100 and 2700 Stick... is this true?

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: ljump12
from what people have told me... My Athlon 2400+ has a 266 FSB, and because of that it will not recognize any memory over 2100, that being the reason why i can dual Channel a 2100 and 2700 Stick... is this true?

i assumed since you had the 2400 at 2.4Ghz, that you had bumped your FSB, if not thats a hell of a multiplier

and those people who told you that it wont recognize anything over pc-2100 are flat out wrong. you can run pc-4400 on a 266 FSB if you really wanted it, it just wont take advantage of the extra speed. if you buy 2700, it will just run at 2100 speeds.

 

[ljump12]

Originally posted by: nick1985

Originally posted by: ljump12
from what people have told me... My Athlon 2400+ has a 266 FSB, and because of that it will not recognize any memory over 2100, that being the reason why i can dual Channel a 2100 and 2700 Stick... is this true?

i assumed since you had the 2400 at 2.4Ghz, that you had bumped your FSB, if not thats a hell of a multiplier

and those people who told you that it wont recognize anything over pc-2100 are flat out wrong. you can run pc-4400 on a 266 FSB if you really wanted it, it just wont take advantage of the extra speed. if you buy 2700, it will just run at 2100 speeds.

Where did you see 2.4Ghz... my sig says 2130Mhz... even though i have it set back to stock now...

As for people telling me it wont recognize it, thats not what i meant, i meant that it would just clock down. But thanks for the help. So you would suggest going ahead and getting the memory?

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: ljump12

Originally posted by: nick1985

Originally posted by: ljump12
from what people have told me... My Athlon 2400+ has a 266 FSB, and because of that it will not recognize any memory over 2100, that being the reason why i can dual Channel a 2100 and 2700 Stick... is this true?

i assumed since you had the 2400 at 2.4Ghz, that you had bumped your FSB, if not thats a hell of a multiplier

and those people who told you that it wont recognize anything over pc-2100 are flat out wrong. you can run pc-4400 on a 266 FSB if you really wanted it, it just wont take advantage of the extra speed. if you buy 2700, it will just run at 2100 speeds.

Where did you see 2.4Ghz... my sig says 2130Mhz... even though i have it set back to stock now...

As for people telling me it wont recognize it, thats not what i meant, i meant that it would just clock down. But thanks for the help. So you would suggest going ahead and getting the memory?

ahh..i must be dyslexic

yes, the memory will just clock down. my suggestion would be to buy a 512 stick of PC-3200. its only a couple bucks more than 2700, and is more future proof.