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Ram not using dual channel

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thinksloth

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Currently i am using 2gb x 2 of ram in dual channel and want to increase the ram. Thus have 2 scenarios:
1. Buy 2 brand new ram 4gb x2
2. Buy 1 new 8gb plus 1 old 2gb ram, total 10gb

The reason of scenario no2 becoz my mb only have 2 ram slot, so if dual channel not really improves lot of speed, then i can save some money amd more ram(10 gb > 4gb x 2), also not waste the old ram.

So what will yr do? Please give me advice, thanks
 
thinksloth said:
Is that incompatible or cant boot it up?
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It might work, it might not. Even if it does work, it's not ideal. DDR3 is so cheap now the only legitimate advice is to buy a proper XGB x 2 kit for the amount of memory you want.

I think you are just looking for someone to say that a 8GB and 2GB module will work fine together. No one can know the answer for sure except by testing it with the exact same CPU, Motherboard, and Memory modules.
 
what is your motherboard and/or system? even if you get 8g dimms if your board does not recognize them you're just wasting your money. does your system use ddr3 or is it ddr2?

without more info it's hard to help you.
 
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dawp said:
what is your motherboard and/or system? even if you get 8g dimms if your board does not recognize them you're just wasting your money. does your system use ddr3 or is it ddr2?
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This ^.

You need to make sure your system supports 8GB modules. The 1156 MB's (i3-530) in my signature only support 4GB modules.
 
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