Sticking in more RAM

[harobikes333]

I currently have the following:

ASUS P5Q Pro LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard

with 1 kit of: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)

Should I just get 1 more of the same ram or would i benefit or mess things up if i used a different brand, etc?

More of a curiosity question. I plan on getting the identical RAM for now.

 

[Blain]

Both links go to the G.Skill kit.
Stick with the same speed, latency, voltage and you should be fine.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Blain is absolutely correct, since those "PQ" G.SKILL kits have been available since the middle of the LGA-775 Stone Age -- and still are.

I usually draw the line there. But I've also been able to successfully integrate a kit of G.SKILL DDR2-900 "Black-Pi" modules (no longer shown at the Egg for that speed):

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...2753-_-Product

and a kit of G.SKILL DDR2-1000 "PQ" modules:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...=-1&isNodeId=1

The second kit was a "spare" that I had left-over from a disaster when a PSU died ungracefully. The kit was apparently undamaged.

I clocked this 8GB combination (essentially 4x2GB total) initially to DDR2-850 speed and then to 800 when I turned over the computer to a fam-damn-ily member.

The key thing to remember about something like this: the same manufacturer made both kits, and the JEDEC specs for voltage and timings overlapped.

Since you can still buy the "PQ" kits, there's really no reason to "take a walk on the wild side" to save a few bucks.

Footnote: When I used those two kits, I made sure they were appropriately "split between channels," or that each kit was installed in slots consistent with the slots required for either kit alone.

 

[tweakboy]

BTW RAM is more expensive then it was 1 or 2 years ago..

 

[harobikes333]

I went the the same kit. Thanks for fulfilling my curiosity !