Using different types of mem for same rig?

[jjsalas55]

i had some OCz memory and jus bought some better mushkin memory too. can i still use the OCz with the Mushkin or do they have to be from same manufactor to avoid any kind od problems?? or do i have to only use the one kind?

 

well the OCZ is 800 (6400) 2x 512 sticks

the mushkin is 800 (6400) 2x 1gb sticks

 

 

thanks for all the help fellas

Edited August 16, 2007 by jjsalas55

[suchuwato]

Depends how well they both perform... and how many sticks you're using. What is the Mushkin?

[gunak87]

You can mix RAM from different manufacturers about 99% of the time with little to no problems. If they are different speeds, then the faster RAM will be knocked down to the speed of the slower RAM.

[fire_storm]

Most of the time you can mix different ram sticks but if one ram stick runs slower then the others it slows the other sticks down like said before. If your going into overclocking mixing ram is a bad idea.

[hardnrg]

it's more about the operating voltage, capacity, and timings (all characteristics of the actual ram modules on the memory sticks) then the brand... if you can't physically see the ram modules because of the heatspreaders, matching specs are a good indication...

 

mixing different capacity sticks is a recipe for a headache imo

[MisFiT_]

Eh I think the amounts of the ram have to be the same like how you have 2x512 Megabytes and 2x1 gigabytes I think they have to all be the same amount it's what I heard for dual-channel but i'm not sure.

[kingdingeling]

It'll work, but using 2x512 with 2x1 is not soo good, I have tried 2x1 + 2x1 myself, so 4x1GB, which works absolutely fine.