wont keep current overclock with 3sticks of ram

[gordesky1]

ok today i decieded i wanted to try more ram sense i have vista which does take more ram than xp but at 2.5gb it seems to soved all the ram problems in games like stalker and tablula rasa.

 

 

but the thing is i have to run at stock not just the ram but cpu to.

 

when i tried it at first it just would stop at the check dmi test so i tried the ram at stock and it still wont pass it.

 

so when i tried everything at stock it passes it and runs fine.

 

i was thinking it might because its mixed brands because my main ram is adata 1x2gbs and the ram i put in is kingston ddr400 same speed.

 

but it works perfect when the cpu at stock.

[gordesky1]

hmm weird now it overclocks now with it lol

 

i did higher the ram volts from 2.6 to 2.8 so maybee that fixed it:)

[Guest MadDias]

3 sticks of ram does mean that ur not running in dual channel anymore?

isn´t that alot slower than running only 2gb in dual channel mode?

[radodrill]

Motherboards often do not play nice with 3 sticks of RAM and it generally works best when all the sticks are matched as closely as possible.

[gordesky1]

update: so far everything is runing good now its at its normal overclock which is 3ghzs which is weird because befor it never like going over stock with them.

 

and now i am not runing out of memory:)

 

also everything is runing alot faster than runing with 2gb dual channel which what i herd is dual channel is ony like 1 to 3% faster and ony will see it in bench marks.

 

tho soon i want to upgrade to 2more 1x2 sticks the same brand and specs as my adata ram that i have in it now to make 4gb total:)

 

if i had xp on this computer i wouldint need more memory than 2gb but i perfer vista over xp because i just like it and i have it runing pretty good:)

 

but every buddy knows vista does take more memory than xp:) and about 2 to 3 of my games i play eats tons of ram than i get that stoping and going lol.

 

with the 2.5gb i dont get that now:)