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Is there a noticeable difference between PC2 5200 and 5300?
I have now both installed, 1 MB each of DDR PC2 5300 and 2X 512MB of DDR PC
5200.
I have now both installed, 1 MB each of DDR PC2 5300 and 2X 512MB of DDR PC
5200.
Two things to know about RAM:
1- When mixing RAM of different speeds, all RAM operates at the lowest
speed.
2- You should only use RAM that has been specified for your computer.
The major RAM vendors (e.g., Crucial) have RAM selectors that easily
guide you to the correct RAM for your particular make and model of computer.
Ken is correct, of course, and he provided more detail than I thought
was needed.
Ken Blake said:Thanks, Leonard. The reason I thought clarification was needed because
the oft-seen statement that "When mixing RAM of different speeds, all
RAM operates at the lowest speed" erroneously implies that if you have
RAM running at a particular speed and you add slower RAM to it, it
will therefore all be run at the slower speed. In fact, unless you
change a setting, it will be all be run at the *higher* speed, and
with the attendant risk of the overclocked slower RAM failing.
John John (MVP) said:It doesn't clear anything, it muddles things up even more! All the RAM
manufacturers and all the RAM sellers always say that if you mix RAM of
different speed that (even if the FSB can handle the higher speed) it will
run at the speed of the slowest module.
John
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