need help here with my ram

yvesj · Apr 8, 2010

right now i have 2 one gb stick .
my mobo is able to take 4 gb .so is it possible to only had a 2 gb along side of one gb .that will gave 3 gb .
what do you thing .

stoneys-nutz · Apr 8, 2010

Hello yvesj,
You should be able to use 2 and 1 Gig together, if they are different speeds they will run at the lower speed.
Hope this helps, good luck and post your results.

yvesj · Apr 8, 2010

thank .my 2 one gb stick are new .i put them in last month .
if i do it it will be excatly the same brand and type ..
i get at newegg.ca.
2 gb 69.99
one more thing will i get more speed .a little more ????,
dont know much about all that stuff .lol.
my pc is running really fast now .well it all new from last month .beside the mobo .

Katokato · Apr 8, 2010

If all of your RAM sticks have the same exact specifications, you will be setting up a dual channel, or even tri channel (3 sitx) setup. This allows your RAM to work at faster speeds as the RAM is th same. Adding RAM will definetly increase your performance. I put 4 gigabtes worth of money on my computer and i have a 32bit, so i can use 3.3 gigs of it (i wasted money on .70 gigs, but i wanted to max out m RAM usage).

richc46 · Apr 8, 2010

It is very important that you are certain that the specs of all the ram are identical. That fact is so important that some of the members of this forum suggest that you buy all the ram at the same time. Especially important is the frequency. Wish you the best.

yvesj · Apr 8, 2010

richc46 said:
It is very important that you are certain that the specs of all the ram are identical. That fact is so important that some of the members of this forum suggest that you buy all the ram at the same time. Especially important is the frequency. Wish you the best.

here is my mobo info and the 2 stick that i like to buy

yvesj · Apr 8, 2010

Katokato said:
If all of your RAM sticks have the same exact specifications, you will be setting up a dual channel, or even tri channel (3 sitx) setup. This allows your RAM to work at faster speeds as the RAM is th same. Adding RAM will definetly increase your performance. I put 4 gigabtes worth of money on my computer and i have a 32bit, so i can use 3.3 gigs of it (i wasted money on .70 gigs, but i wanted to max out m RAM usage).

do i really have to setup a dual channel .
as you all know my computer skill is not to good i mean by changing parts in it

Katokato · Apr 8, 2010

yvesj said:
Katokato said:

If all of your RAM sticks have the same exact specifications, you will be setting up a dual channel, or even tri channel (3 sitx) setup. This allows your RAM to work at faster speeds as the RAM is th same. Adding RAM will definetly increase your performance. I put 4 gigabtes worth of money on my computer and i have a 32bit, so i can use 3.3 gigs of it (i wasted money on .70 gigs, but i wanted to max out m RAM usage).

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do i really have to setup a dual channel .
as you all know my computer skill is not to good i mean by changing parts in it

You dont have to set up a dual channel, we were just suggesting it if ur really that picky about performance. If the RAM sticks are at different clock speeds, then the RAM with the higher clock speed will underclock itself to match the RAM with the lower clock speed.

What kind of RAM are you thinking of buying (ddr1, ddr2, ddr3, ddr4, ddr5).

From my personal opinion i think ddr2 is the most efficient.

To install ram u just have to open your computer case, locate the RAM already inside, and beside those RAMS you should see more RAM slots and thats were u put the new RAM in.

yvesj · Apr 8, 2010

one 2 gb stick at newegg.ca is 69.99 .now at this place i get 2.2 gb stick the same one but at only 89.99 for 4 gb .2 stick .
this is a really good price i thing

archie123 · Apr 8, 2010

you dont have to set up dual channel , the bios will do that automatically , you dont need to buy the same speed ram the bios will default to the slower speed as Stoney mentions , you do have to make sure the ram you buy is the same voltage DDR2 can be anything from 1.8 to 2.5volts

so the easiest way around the issue as im sure you have figured out is to buy the same make and manufacture of ram.

you have a 32 bit operating system it wont support much over 3 gig of ram anyway yo , its a limitation of a 32 bit , that said the easiest and least hassle way is to buy the 4 GB of ram and stick that in and e bay your old stuff :D , yes youll loose a bit of ram but at that price it seems silly not too , pluss as it will most likely be a matched pair of ram sticks you'll have no problems

why dont you throw us up a link of the ram your looking at (89.99)

yvesj · Apr 8, 2010

archie123 said:
you dont have to set up dual channel , the bios will do that automatically , you dont need to buy the same speed ram the bios will default to the slower speed as Stoney mentions , you do have to make sure the ram you buy is the same voltage DDR2 can be anything from 1.8 to 2.5volts

so the easiest way around the issue as im sure you have figured out is to buy the same make and manufacture of ram.

you have a 32 bit operating system it wont support much over 3 gig of ram anyway yo , its a limitation of a 32 bit , that said the easiest and least hassle way is to buy the 4 GB of ram and stick that in and e bay your old stuff :D , yes youll loose a bit of ram but at that price it seems silly not too , pluss as it will most likely be a matched pair of ram sticks you'll have no problems

why dont you throw us up a link of the ram your looking at (89.99)

the link is [memoryhouse.com]
hre are the 2 .2 gb stick

archie123 · Apr 8, 2010

I would see no problems with that ram mate

obviously your operating systm will only be able to utilise about 3.5 gig of that but i wouldnt worry , youll have a matched pair of ramsticks and no issues :D

it will run in dual channel by default you dont need to do anything

yvesj · Apr 8, 2010

i thank you very much for all your info .
i am very sure that i will go for that deal .
then i will try to sell my 2 one gb stick .only 3 week old .
so my 2 new 2 gb stick will come very cheap .
if i sell them .lol
if not i will have 4 spare stick .
2 .512.2.one gb .
all well i have 2 box full of junk like that .
thank again .that be all on that .

yvesj · Apr 8, 2010

now. how cant i check if am running on dual channels.
sorry i was suppose to be done with all this .
but i guess not .lol

Katokato · Apr 8, 2010

Download CPU-ID CPUZ, and install it, run it and wait, and a box popup, click on the memory tab and next to the type of RAM it should say how many channels you got running.

yvesj · Apr 9, 2010

thank .
yes i am running on dual channels .
by the way that program know every thing you have in you computer

Katokato · Apr 9, 2010

yvesj said:
thank .
yes i am running on dual channels .
by the way that program know every thing you have in you computer

Not everything, you can also use speedfan to monitor temps, and CPUID GPUZ to give more information on the graphics card.

yvesj · Apr 9, 2010

yes i do use speedfan for a week now .i run temperature from as low as 34 and to hight 38 .so that is really good ..
i will try the new one you posted for me

yvesj · Apr 9, 2010

yvesj said:
yes i do use speedfan for a week now .i run temperature from as low as 34 and to hight 38 .so that is really good ..
i will try the new one you posted for me

here is my temperate this morning

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