RAM Mixing

Discussion in 'CPU, Motherboards and Memory' started by Thunderfm, Jun 21, 2005.

  1. Thunderfm

    Thunderfm Geek Trainee

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    Can i mix DDR 333 and DDR 400 RAM? Im getting a stick of 512 DDR400 with my new motherboard and I already have 1.256Gb of DDR333. the new board will accept both so can i mix them together?

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    Thunderfm, Jun 21, 2005
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  2. Sniper

    Sniper Administrator Staff Member

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    Should work together, though there is a possibility of a compatibility issues, also the ram will work at the lower speed of DDR333 instead of the rated DDR400.
     
    Sniper, Jun 21, 2005
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  3. Big B

    Big B HWF Godfather

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    I'm not familiar with your motherboard, but as a general rule, you can mix faster speeds of the same memory type. The rating of RAM is like a tire rating. A tire may be rated for 150mph, but will run fine at a slower speed like 40mph. Same thing with DDR.
     
    Big B, Jun 21, 2005
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  4. Thunderfm

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    Score! So the DDR400 will just run at 333 instead? cool

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    Thunderfm, Jun 21, 2005
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  5. zRoCkIsAdDiCtInG

    zRoCkIsAdDiCtInG HWF Guitar Freak

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    well it will adapt to the most exact speeds of the lower type ram
     
    zRoCkIsAdDiCtInG, Jun 21, 2005
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