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Dustallica · 05-22-2005, 04:48 PM

Hey guys I am in need of advice.

My motherboard supports PC2700 RAM of which I currently have 512MB. I am looking to upgrade to a gig of ram, and my cheapest route(im a college student so cheap = good) is to actually buy a gig of PC3200 RAM.

Should I do this, or will it be bad for the RAM/ my motherboard?

Thanks in advance

cyrnel · 05-22-2005, 04:56 PM

Obviously won't work in dual-channel mode with the 512MB, but It'll almost certainly be fine. In the rare case of the motherboard using too aggressive latency settings for the old RAM after detecting the new, just swap their positions. If you're taking out the existing PC2700 then it isn't a factor.

Test early so you can return if need be.

Dustallica · 05-22-2005, 05:06 PM

okay thanks...yes I will be taking out the PC2700 before putting in the PC3200 so it seems that everything should work out all right.

snausages · 05-22-2005, 10:46 PM

just be careful about buying cheap no name brand memory. often no name memory is surplace that didn't meet the standards of quality memory production plants, that's been resold by a dodgy group.

memory is one of the most important parts of the computer, so make sure you have plently, and it's of a good build quality :-)

05-22-2005, 04:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
Dustallica Crazy	Quick RAM Question Hey guys I am in need of advice. My motherboard supports PC2700 RAM of which I currently have 512MB. I am looking to upgrade to a gig of ram, and my cheapest route(im a college student so cheap = good) is to actually buy a gig of PC3200 RAM. Should I do this, or will it be bad for the RAM/ my motherboard? Thanks in advance

05-22-2005, 04:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
cyrnel Adequate Location: In my angry-dome.	Obviously won't work in dual-channel mode with the 512MB, but It'll almost certainly be fine. In the rare case of the motherboard using too aggressive latency settings for the old RAM after detecting the new, just swap their positions. If you're taking out the existing PC2700 then it isn't a factor. Test early so you can return if need be. __________________ There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195

05-22-2005, 05:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
Dustallica Crazy	okay thanks...yes I will be taking out the PC2700 before putting in the PC3200 so it seems that everything should work out all right.

05-22-2005, 10:46 PM	#4 (permalink)
snausages Upright	just be careful about buying cheap no name brand memory. often no name memory is surplace that didn't meet the standards of quality memory production plants, that's been resold by a dodgy group. memory is one of the most important parts of the computer, so make sure you have plently, and it's of a good build quality :-)