Refreshment Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 Greetings: Have the following memory modules both DDR2: Two 1 GB CM2X1024-6400C4 800 MHZ Two 2 GB CM2X2048-6400C5 800 MHZ My first question is if i can pair those two setups at the same time for a total of 6GB system RAM. Any overclocking experience with these memories? Thanks for the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaia Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 You can but they will be running in single channel mode. You'll need a 64bit operating system to utilize all 6GB. A 32 bit operating system will only use 3GB even though the bios sees 6GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Refreshment Posted October 25, 2009 Author Share Posted October 25, 2009 Thanks for the reply Gaia. So having the 6GB its worth the trade off? Need the performance for gaming more than anything else. Probably will be doing so on a 64 bit OS. Or should i go with the 4GB alone. What's your opinion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaia Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 I'd go with 4GB. That more than enough in most cases. You'll be able to run dual channel mode which gives a performance boost. Also, mixing module types and sizes makes it difficult to overclock or pin down stability issues. Is your motheboard an AM3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Refreshment Posted October 26, 2009 Author Share Posted October 26, 2009 Is your motheboard an AM3? The board is in my specs, i think its an AM2+. What brings the question? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Refreshment Posted October 27, 2009 Author Share Posted October 27, 2009 Hey Gaia: I was talking with a very informed person about the RAM configuration and tells me that 6GB works in dual channel mode. Are you sure it wont work like that? Anyone else reading would like to comment? Thanks for the time as always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Refreshment Posted November 9, 2009 Author Share Posted November 9, 2009 Sorry to bump this up, but still haven't found a solid answer to my question. So have to keep trying. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erictirrell Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 I was talking with a very informed person about the RAM configuration and tells me that 6GB works in dual channel mode. My August Sir, Values of memory above about 3GB will work in a 64 bit processing environment. The 32 bit environment's memory addressing can not think up numbers bigger than the 3GB limit and therefor can not address the extra memory. There are issues which vary in each rig but that is the bad news. You can configure both memory values (4 or 6GB) to run in dual channel. I am facing the same problem with an existing computer running in 32 bit that I have been trying to upgrade from 2GB to 4GB. Nothing I have been able to do will make the diagnostic programs see more than 2814 MB of RAM. There is a good side, I found this pleasent Forum that I otherwise would not have known of. Regards, Eric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 It's not the memory total that's important but the number of sticks. 2/4 sticks will work in dual channel just fine, although mixing part #s / version #s / sizes / ICs is never recommended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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