I soon plan on buying a gig or RAM for my computer in a month or so and was wondering when I do so, should I discard my old stick of 512MB? I've heard it's not a good idea to mix different brands of memory. I plan on getting 2X512MB dual channel, but not sure which manufacture. I now have a stick of Simpletech 512MB. So should I just put aside my old RAM when i get the new stuff or is it ok to leave it hooked up?
Corsair makes a good value kit for 1gb of ddr400 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145440
Wow that's awsome. So back to my question about whether or not i should get rid of my old stick of memory. or does that not really matter? any idea?
I think you should leave it in if you can it's just more ram but if you start getting conflicts liek not being able to boot just pull it out
sounds good. thanks for responding so quickly. I didn't expect to get a response until tomorow. thanks for your help. To anyone else that may read this please give your input as well, it would be appriciated.
I have used all kinds of combinations of ram in my computers. Right now I have a server that uses one 256 stick of pc3200 ddr400 and one 512 stick of pc2100 and the extra ram helps a lot even though its slower and a different type. In fact, the motherboard won't boot without at least 400mhz ram. More ram is better, just put the better stick in the first slot. edit: if you have problems, you could always take it out later, right?
