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hahe

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Posted: Sat, 9th Jul 2005 10:04 Post subject: 1.5 gb ram at 2100 or 1 gb of ram at 3200?	Quick Quote Quote

I ordered a gig of ram the other day. Should arrive Monday. But it's PC3200 while I have PC2100 in my comp (motherboard can take up to PC3200). I'm debating on what I should do. Should I install the ram with the 512 and I'll have 1.5 but it will run at PC2100 or should take out the 512 and run it with 1 gb at PC3200. Might be a dumb question with an obvious answer but I just wanna know the difference between PC2100 and PC3200. Last edited by hahe on Sat, 9th Jul 2005 22:45; edited 1 time in total

Mutantius
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Posted: Sat, 9th Jul 2005 10:47 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

1 Gb of 3200. PC3200+AMD64 is a perfect combination, though preserve the other blocks and save them for later: ( I used my former PC2100 for my server) Hope you can use my advice "Why don't you zip it, Zipfero?" - fraich3

skidrow
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Posted: Sat, 9th Jul 2005 11:00 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

so you have 1 module of 1gb or 2x pc3200? beter are 2 modules of the same speed. Maybe your mobo supports dual channels which speeds up things a bit

hahe

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Posted: Sat, 9th Jul 2005 22:44 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Right now I have 2 sticks of 256 PC2100 in there. I ordered a pair of 512 PC3200. And yeah my motherboard supports dual channel. And damn FedEx for not delivering on weekends. It's in my town but won't be delivered until Monday.

pancake

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Posted: Sun, 10th Jul 2005 14:00 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

definetly the 3200.. a64 runs at ddr 400 speeds so 2100 ur loosing performance

09nanometer

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Posted: Mon, 25th Jul 2005 20:44 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

I prefer 1 Gb at 3200.Because clock speeds more important than the memory value.

[sYn]
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Posted: Tue, 26th Jul 2005 21:07 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

As above, with dual channel you'll be laughing !

hahe

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Posted: Tue, 26th Jul 2005 23:27 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Yeah I already installed the ram like 2 weeks ago. I went with what you guys said. 1 gb with dual channel. Now the only thing I have to upgrade with this comp is the video card and I'll be all good. Well maybe some more ram down the road.

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