Help with buying 4 gig kit, but i already have 2gigs

sabawhat · Feb 15, 2009

I currently have a maximus formula with 2 sticks of 1 gig each dominator.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145043

I was wanting some more ram for some reason..

I guess performance. Anyways, my question is, would it be better to get a 2x2 4 gig kit of dominator
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145214

and then still use my 1x1 2gb kit of dominator for a total of 6gb of ram.

Or would it be better to get 2x2 4gb kit by itself.

Or another 2gb kit like i have then i would have 1x4 4gb kit..

If it would be better to have just 2x2 4gb kit then i would probably go with
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231166

Thanks!!

MARCI · Feb 16, 2009

provided that the timings and voltages are the same, shouldn't be any problem mixing capacities

sabawhat · Feb 16, 2009

MARCI said:
provided that the timings and voltages are the same, shouldn't be any problem mixing capacities

Thanks, do you know what benefits I would see?

MARCI · Feb 16, 2009

What operating system are you using?

sabawhat · Feb 16, 2009

MARCI said:
What operating system are you using?

Vista 32 for now..

sabawhat · Feb 16, 2009

What happens if you mix memory brands.. Like if i wanted to add a 4 gig kit of the gskill with the same timings and voltage.. Its cheaper also. ??

mr.max-amd · Feb 16, 2009

your wasting money...vista 32bit will only use 3.5 gigs
and 6 gigs total is a bad idea unless your using a i7 setup....
for some reason over 4 gigs hinders overclocking
and using a 32 bit os will only use 3.5 gigs
just buy another 2 gig kit of what you already have
4 gigs vs 6 gigs you wont see the difference
btw dont mix brands...wont handle same voltages and wont oc as well
also that usualy screws you warranties with many companies

sabawhat · Feb 16, 2009

mr.max-amd said:
your wasting money...vista 32bit will only use 3.5 gigs
and 6 gigs total is a bad idea unless your using a i7 setup....
for some reason over 4 gigs hinders overclocking
and using a 32 bit os will only use 3.5 gigs
just buy another 2 gig kit of what you already have
4 gigs vs 6 gigs you wont see the difference
btw dont mix brands...wont handle same voltages and wont oc as well
also that usualy screws you warranties with many companies

When i do decide which ram to get I would install vista x64.
for me to upgrade to 4gb of ram, I have two choices. Buy another 2gb kit of dominator for 15 dollars more than a complete 4gb kit of gskill.. How well does gskill overclock? The best i could get out of my dominator is 5-5-5-15 @ 1133. I dont know much about overclocking ram. Im pretty sure i should be able to get a better overclock than that by releasing the timings but i dont know what to set them to..

MARCI · Feb 16, 2009

If you are using vista 64 the 6 gig setup will give you more room for superfetch, (the ability for the operating system to preload files it thinks you might need). I'm not sure how much benefit you will see over 4gig. For that you'd need someone who actually USES more than 4gig of ram with Vista x 64

cdawall · Feb 16, 2009

MARCI said:
If you are using vista 64 the 6 gig setup will give you more room for superfetch, (the ability for the operating system to preload files it thinks you might need). I'm not sure how much benefit you will see over 4gig. For that you'd need someone who actually USES more than 4gig of ram with Vista x 64

i do i use inventor 2009 and 1000+ part assemblies

and for the ram part just mix them you'll be fine

MARCI · Feb 16, 2009

provided they use the same voltage, speeds, and timing

mr.max-amd · Feb 17, 2009

honestly get a 4 gig kit of reaper 1150 thats what i have and its running at 533mhz effective(equivelent to ddr3 1333)((as of today))(((broke the 10gbp/s mark today))) :clap:

purchased another 2 gigs today should get here Wednesday :beer:

and no brand mixing
lols bad idea but if you have ur mind set between the 2 then get the dominator...

18 is # 1 · Feb 17, 2009

Chances are the Doms you have use different ICs than the 2x2GB sticks. What version number is on them?

mr.max-amd · Feb 17, 2009

installed 2 more gigs today and have them all runing at 12.2gbp/s
ddr2 1150 at ddr3 1333
lol thanks ocz for being the best
anyways...no dom problems...he hasnt even purcased the ram yet...
get the dominator or a 4 gig kit of ocz 1150 your choice

sabawhat · Feb 19, 2009

mr.max-amd said:
installed 2 more gigs today and have them all runing at 12.2gbp/s
ddr2 1150 at ddr3 1333
lol thanks ocz for being the best
anyways...no dom problems...he hasnt even purcased the ram yet...
get the dominator or a 4 gig kit of ocz 1150 your choice

See, the issue i have with buying OCZ is that when i got this maximus formula board i had some ocz gamer extreme 1066 and it would not work with this board.. So i sold it. But i think the bios updates fixed the issue but i havent tried them yet.

But thanks for all the info. Mt memory can only hit 9367mb/s. thats at 550MHz.

So, maybe I will try the ocz again.. reaper just sounds better than dominator.. lol

sabawhat · Feb 19, 2009

If I remember correctly, doesnt the maximus formula support ddr2 1200?... Nope. I just checked the manual and it says only up to 1066...

On another note. Does anyone know the benefits of Maximus / P5E to Rampage Conversion. http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=179580

You have to scroll down about a 1/4 of the page.. Big red letters..

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