Another Ram Thread, about timings

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Right ive always been told that i cant mix and match ram.

i found out that my two 512mb sticks running as dual have timings of 3-3-3 does this mean that i have to match these sticks to other 3-3-3 512mb sticks?


another thing can i put in a 1gb 3-3-3 stick? i dont know if the matching thing also restricts the size of the ram also.

i would look at the configuration but i have misplaced my motherboard manual and MSI's website says i dont have permission to donwload the manuals

anyone had experience with mixing and matching with a MSI 865pe Neo2 Platinum motherboard?

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Re: Another Ram Thread, about timings

your motherboard has 4 ram slots, you want to populate all 4 so that you have dual channel capability. Buy 2x 512mb value ram from a good brand like crucial, corsair, ocz and you will be fine.

[SO19Visionaries]

Re: Another Ram Thread, about timings

i already have dual channel capability with 2 slots, what i am asking is can i just match it with any old 3-3-3 timing ram and does it have to all be the same size.

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Re: Another Ram Thread, about timings

i already have dual channel capability with 2 slots, what i am asking is can i just match it with any old 3-3-3 timing ram and does it have to all be the same size.

It can be a difference size and brand, but you need 2x more sticks to complete another set of dual channel. There is a chance it wont work, but more often than not you will be ok.

[SO19Visionaries]

Re: Another Ram Thread, about timings

yes i knew u need two sticks but eh ive gone and bought two more sticks of 512mb with the same timings so it shud be fine.

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Re: Another Ram Thread, about timings

yes i knew u need two sticks but eh ive gone and bought two more sticks of 512mb with the same timings so it shud be fine.

yep

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Re: Another Ram Thread, about timings

for dual channel, you just need two of the same pin (of course or else it wouldnt fit) and the same exact stick. I am pretty sure you can do dual channel with a 512 stick of corsair and a 512 stick of Geil, but Im not positive. as for the timings, they get automatically downclocked to the slowest one. As an overal suggestion, also mark what ram you have/got, so that when upgrading, you buy the same exact ram again.

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Re: Another Ram Thread, about timings

thankyou, i wont buy any ram for this pc that has timings that are better than 3-3-3, this motherboard is abit weird and spouts bad english at me if i put 2-2-2 or watever timing ram in "DRAM TIMING TO TIGHTLY!" i seem to remember my taiwanese motherboard saying last time i did that lol.