RAM assistance

[CaptainCool08]

DFI Lanparty nForce4 ULTRA-D
TwinMOS 2x512 RAM
MSI Radeon X800 XL 256mb
Forton Source 500W
AMD 3700+ (San Diego)
Western Digital Raptor 150 GB HD


I've been thinking about upgrading everything lately for my gaming PC but I have not been keeping up with computer stuff since I built my it 1.5 years ago. I'm thinking another gig of ram but I remember something about not mixing RAM with old RAM and company with company or something like that. what should I look at in terms of upgrading for this computer?

 

[myocardia]

Start off with a faster video card. And you can mix RAM, even when overclocking, as long as both types of RAM have the same IC. If your TwinMOS is the BH-5 TwinMOS, you can add any BH-5, for example. If you aren't overclocking, you can add RAM with any IC, though you'll have to set the BIOS to use the slower RAM's timings.

 

[myocardia]

*&%$#@ double post

 

[Seekermeister]

If you mix ram, you will probably disable any dual channel functionality. I also tried to use a single sided ram, with dual sided ram of the same brand and specs, but my machine would not boot with it installed.

 

[Seekermeister]

ditto

 

[CaptainCool08]

I have no idea if they are BH-5 chips so would you suggest dropping them bost and buying 2 new kits? also what is better, 4 512mb sticks or 2 1 gig sticks?

 

[CaptainCool08]

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