| Windows 7: 3 GB DDR3 / upgrade |
17 Oct 2011
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#1 | | |
3 GB DDR3 / upgrade I have now 3 GB DDR3 ( triple channel ) and i wanna upgrade to 6 GB.
Please tell me if is okay to get 3 gb more, like this :
1 x 2 GB and 1 x 1 GB
Would that affect triple channel ?
If i go this way, i will have 4 x 1 GB and 1 x 2 GB , 6 in total.
Thanks | My System Specs |
| OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 CPU Intel7 920@2.67 Ghz Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 Memory 8 GB DDR3 Graphics Card GTX 660 Sound Card SoundBlaster X-FI XtremeGamer Monitor(s) Displays LG 32 LK430 Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 PSU Corsair 650 W Case Cooler Master HAF 922 Hard Drives 1 SSD OCZ Vertex 2
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1 x Western Digital 3200 AAKS |
17 Oct 2011
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#2 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. SP-1 Northern Ohio |
That not the way I would do it. To my memory that motherboard has 6 ram slots. To get 6 gigs of triple channel I would install 2 more 1 gig matching ram. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Home made Desktop OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. SP-1 CPU Intel i7-960-3.2 @ 4.25 Motherboard ASUS P6X58D-E Memory KINGSTON KHX2000C9, Hyper X,12 GIGS Graphics Card MSI/Nvidia/460GTX-Cyclone 1GD5/OC Monitor(s) Displays DYNEX 40 IN. Screen Resolution 1920-1080 or 1280-720 HDMI Keyboard M/S 3000 v 2.0 wireless Mouse M/S 5000 wireless PSU Corsair AX-850 Plus Gold Case Corsair 600T (Black) + side panel with 2 140 mm Noctua fans Cooling Corsair H50/2 Noctua NF-P12 (120 mm) Push/Pull- Hard Drives INTEL SSD 120GB-SER 510
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17 Oct 2011
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#3 | | |

Quote: Originally Posted by Layback Bear That not the way I would do it. To my memory that motherboard has 6 ram slots. To get 6 gigs of triple channel I would install 2 more 1 gig matching ram. Sorry but i don't understand what you mean.
My motherboard is Gigabyte GA EX58 UD5. | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 CPU Intel7 920@2.67 Ghz Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 Memory 8 GB DDR3 Graphics Card GTX 660 Sound Card SoundBlaster X-FI XtremeGamer Monitor(s) Displays LG 32 LK430 Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 PSU Corsair 650 W Case Cooler Master HAF 922 Hard Drives 1 SSD OCZ Vertex 2
2 x Western Digital 6400 AAKS
1 x Western Digital 3200 AAKS |
17 Oct 2011
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#4 | | Windows 7 Professional SP1 32-bit Fantasyland |
He said your mobo has 6 RAM slots. You said you had 3GB in the form of three 1GB sticks right now.
You plan to double your RAM to 6GB by adding a fourth 1GB stick and then one 2GB stick, leaving you with 4x 1GB, 1x 2GB and one empty slot. That will work but you won't get proper triple-channel support.
He said you're far better off by simply adding three more 1GB sticks so you have six times 1GB, filling all slots and allowing the system to support triple-channel over your entire RAM. (He said 'add 2 more 1GB sticks', but he either meant on top of already having 4x 1GB or he was confused and meant 'add 3x 1GB' instead.)
Get it? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom-built OS Windows 7 Professional SP1 32-bit CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz, overclocked to 2.7GHz Motherboard Asus PL5D2 Memory 4GB DDR2-667 (4x1GB in dual-channel config) Graphics Card nVidia GeForce 9800 GT Sound Card Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic Monitor(s) Displays Acer Screen Resolution 1920x1200 (DVI) Keyboard Standard Mouse Microsoft wireless optical mouse PSU Antec TruePower 2.0 Case Cooler Master Centurion Cooling various fans Hard Drives OCZ SSD Vertex Plus 60GB SATA (Firmware 3.55), 64MB cache
Hitachi HD321KJ SATA, 320GB, 7200rpm, 16MB cache Internet Speed DSL; ~330KB/sec down, ~110KB/sec up Other Info Have a laptop too :) (Compaq CQ60 also with Win7 Pro SP1 32-bit)
Drives in both systems:
C: - Windows 7 + apps. Pagefile is fixed size and located at the very end of the partition.
D: - various temp files/cache for Firefox and apps/games.
E: - videos, music, misc. storage, torrent downloads, etc. |
17 Oct 2011
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#5 | | windows 7 64 bit and dual boot Pinguyos |
also according to your system specs you are running 32bit(x86)OS so adding more ram would be pointless. As the OS would only use at the most 3.2GB of ram. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number home built PC. Laptop studio1557 OS windows 7 64 bit and dual boot Pinguyos CPU PC, intel i7 920 2.7ghz, laptop i7 720 Motherboard PC, Asus P6t .laptop probably rubbish from dell Memory PC 6GB, laptop 2GB, me 2 seconds after 6 pints Graphics Card PC Asus eah5870,laptop, ati hd 4580 Monitor(s) Displays Sharp 42" HD TV using HDMI + HDMI to onkyo surround amp Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard logitek wave Mouse x8 sidewinder PSU OCZ 700w Case antec 902 Cooling antec khuler h20 920 Hard Drives 1x ssd OCZ 60GB, 2x250GB raid0, 2x1TB (storage),2TB Internet Speed dog slow |
17 Oct 2011
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#6 | | Windows 7 Professional SP1 32-bit Fantasyland |

Quote: Originally Posted by razy60 also according to your system specs you are running 32bit(x86)OS so adding more ram would be pointless. As the OS would only use at the most 3.2GB of ram. Good catch. Darnit, why do I always miss this part!! | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom-built OS Windows 7 Professional SP1 32-bit CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz, overclocked to 2.7GHz Motherboard Asus PL5D2 Memory 4GB DDR2-667 (4x1GB in dual-channel config) Graphics Card nVidia GeForce 9800 GT Sound Card Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic Monitor(s) Displays Acer Screen Resolution 1920x1200 (DVI) Keyboard Standard Mouse Microsoft wireless optical mouse PSU Antec TruePower 2.0 Case Cooler Master Centurion Cooling various fans Hard Drives OCZ SSD Vertex Plus 60GB SATA (Firmware 3.55), 64MB cache
Hitachi HD321KJ SATA, 320GB, 7200rpm, 16MB cache Internet Speed DSL; ~330KB/sec down, ~110KB/sec up Other Info Have a laptop too :) (Compaq CQ60 also with Win7 Pro SP1 32-bit)
Drives in both systems:
C: - Windows 7 + apps. Pagefile is fixed size and located at the very end of the partition.
D: - various temp files/cache for Firefox and apps/games.
E: - videos, music, misc. storage, torrent downloads, etc. |
18 Oct 2011
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#7 | | |
If i get 6 GB ram i will change the OS from x86 to x64 
And the only reason for doing this is gaming. I don't really know if is worth to upgrade from 3 to 6 GB.
What do you think ? | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 CPU Intel7 920@2.67 Ghz Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 Memory 8 GB DDR3 Graphics Card GTX 660 Sound Card SoundBlaster X-FI XtremeGamer Monitor(s) Displays LG 32 LK430 Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 PSU Corsair 650 W Case Cooler Master HAF 922 Hard Drives 1 SSD OCZ Vertex 2
2 x Western Digital 6400 AAKS
1 x Western Digital 3200 AAKS |
18 Oct 2011
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#8 | | Win 7 Pro 64-bit South Central Texas |
FWIW, your mobo will support up to 24GB RAM. GIGABYTE - Motherboard - Socket 1366 - GA-EX58-UD5 (rev. 1.0)
According to some online stores like Newegg and TigerDirect, 2GB sticks are running around $13 each. 1GB sticks are about $9. You could get 6 x 2GB matched sticks for around $80 and have enough RAM for now and the foreseeable future. Considering that many laptops are being shipped with 6 - 8GB, and games are becoming more CPU and RAM intensive, I'd plan for the future and get as much RAM as I could afford. Also, Windows 7 deals with resource management in a much better way than previous operating systems. So whatever RAM you have installed will be used to maximum benefit.
Just my 2 cents. | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number Sony Vaio VPCEB47GM Laptop OS Win 7 Pro 64-bit CPU Intel i5 2.4 Ghz Memory 8GB DDR3 Graphics Card Intel HD 3000 Sound Card IDT High Definition Monitor(s) Displays 15.6 WGXA Anti-Glare LED Screen Resolution 1280x800 Hard Drives 640Gb 7200rpm Antivirus MSE Browser Opera (primary) with IE9 backup 3 GB DDR3 / upgrade problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 04:26 AM. | |