two types of RAM in the NFS-7

[loic2003]

hello!

I recently bought the Abit NF7-S with a single stick of 512Mb of PC3200 memory which I've stuck into the single memory slot. I am but a poor student at uni and so I can't really afford the second stick yet, but when I can I plan to buy a further 512Mb and then use the dual channel feature. (is this possible, I heared talk of the RAM having to be matched or something?)

In the meantime, could I put the memory of my old computer in the two dual channel slots (it's 2 x 256Mb of what I beleive is PC2700 memory: the old computerhd the K7T266 Pro Mobo running at 266MHz) and keep the 3200 running in the single slot? this would give me a gig of RAM and could boost performance in games, etc. (I plan to run a whole bunch of benchmarks before and after).

Is this possible or will something fry?

Thanks for your help...

 

[Richdog]

I had 1x 256MB Mushkin PC3200 and 1x 256MB Corsair PC3200 running in Dual-Channel with no problems whatsoever, so I guess it just depends what manufacturers you use. :beer:

 

[PliotronX]

I did a similar thing, first had a stick of Mushkin PC2700 from a former mobo, then dropped a TwinMOS PC3200 in there and it's humming nicely at 205MHz in DC For compairson's sake, the Mushkin uses Samsung modules and the TwinMOS uses WinBond modules, so they can be completely different... YMMV though. Using an NF7-S 1.0 BTW.