A question about installing RAM

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Can you install 8GB DDR3 when your computer already has 4GB DDR2 type ram?... or do I have to remove those 4 gigs to install them.
 

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Oops sorry no mate you can only add DDR2 as far as I know.

By the way what is the motherboard??
 

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Desk1 i5 3750K / Laptop i7 GTX 860M / Desk2 i5 2500
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Desk1 Asus P877-V / Desk2 Gigabyte H67 UD3H / Laptop ?
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Go to Start search CMD then type in the following >>> wmic baseboard get Manufacturer,serialnumber .. Then do a google search for your Motherboard ...
 

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Can you install 8GB DDR3 when your computer already has 4GB DDR2 type ram?... or do I have to remove those 4 gigs to install them.
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Almost certainly no.

DDR2 and DDR3 RAM is physically and electrically incompatible. At one time there were a few motherboards available that could accommodate both in separate sockets but you had to choose which would be used. DDR2 and DDR3 RAM could not be used at the same time.

Using DDR2 and DDR3 RAM at the same is very problematic from a technical standpoint. I doubt any manufacturer even tried.
 

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HP
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Xeon W3520
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8 GB
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Nvidia Geforce 210
a ddr3 dimm wont fit. the notch in the bottom is in a different spot. you're stuck with ddr2!
 

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Built by badgers!!!
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Asus P8z68 LE
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Corsair Vengence 8gb 1866mhz
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2x ASUS LED 22" IPS
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240GB Crucial M500 SSD
120gb Corsair Force 3 SSD
1TB Western Digital
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Corsair HX650w Modular
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Corsair Air 540
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Corsair K70/ Logitech G27 wheel
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Saitek R.A.T 9
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Too slow!
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What is the motherboard Aura as you can get some fairly decent speed DDR2 but it is going to cost mate.

In any case more is better but it depends on what the motherboard, CPU, etc can support.
 

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Own build (new) Desk1 / Asus ROG Win 7 / Desk2 1st build
OS
Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
CPU
Desk1 i5 3750K / Laptop i7 GTX 860M / Desk2 i5 2500
Motherboard
Desk1 Asus P877-V / Desk2 Gigabyte H67 UD3H / Laptop ?
Memory
Desk1 8GB (1866) / Desk2 16GB (1333) / Laptop 8Gb DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
Desk 1& 2NVidia GTX 650 & Laptops on board Intel
Sound Card
Desk 1 & 2 -XONAR DG Realtek High Def audio Laptop
Monitor(s) Displays
Desk 1 Benq HD 2450 / Desk2 Philips 24" / Laptop 17.5"
Screen Resolution
1920x1080 D1 & D2 & Laptop 1
Hard Drives
Desk1 Samsung 120GB 830 SSD
Asus ROG 256GB 850 Pro SSD
Desk2 Samsung 840 256 SSD
Toshiba 120GB EVO
PSU
Desk 1 Corsair HX 1050/ Laptop ? / Desk 2 Corsair HX 650
Case
Desk 1 Cooler HAF XM ? Toshiba laptop / Desk2 Coolermaster
Cooling
Fans on all Desk1 -2 Desk2 - all Coolermasters 5 Laptop ?
Keyboard
Desk 1 MS Sidewinder X6 Desk 2 MS Sidewinder X 4
Mouse
Desk 1&2 - Gigabyte MS 900 gamer - laptop - Logitec wireless
Internet Speed
ADSL2+
Other Info
One other Desktop (tester) and spare Toshba laptop both with SSD's
Running Kaspersky 2016 ISS on all machines config'd identically
Logitec audio stereo systems on each machine (x3)
Canon MG5250MFC
Router/modem TP-Link running WPA2SK
My motherboard is M3A78-CM (AM2)
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor 5600+
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
Dual Core Processor 2.90Ghz
Memory
4GB DDR2 RAM
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon Series HD 4800 Series
Sound Card
AMD High Definition Audio Device
Screen Resolution
1440x900
Hard Drives
Hitachi 298GB
Keyboard
Standard PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse
Logitech HID-compliant Mouse
Internet Speed
1.300MBps (TRANSFER rate), 70 to 80KBps upload speed.
Other Info
WEI: 5.9
Read the Link below .. Your Motherboard supports 4 x DIMM, Max. 8 GB, DDR2 1066/800/667/533 ECC,Non-ECC Memory
Dual Channel memory architecture
Due to AMD CPU limitation, DDR2 1066 is supported by AM2+ CPU for one DIMM per channel only. Please refer to ASUS or user manual for Memory QVL


Motherboards - M3A78 - ASUS
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
W530-3630QM1
OS
windows 7 home 64bit
CPU
INTEL-CORE I7
Memory
16GB
Hard Drives
750GB
Browser
Chrome
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