Thinking of adding more ram need some help.

bytron2007

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Hey guys right now i have 4 gigs of ram and im wanting to upgrade to 8 gigs and i have found a good deal for 4 more gigs, the thing is its the same ram just different brands. What i got... G.Skill DDR2-1066 PC2-8500, what im getting... Corsair DDR2-1066 PC2-8500... Will the corsair still work with my gskill?
 
Yes, but it may not run in Dual channel mode...
When I upgraded my ram I got the exact same brand and model to keep dual channel mode enabled.

With 2 different brands there's no guarantees, but I would just confirm the new memory has the same voltage and timings as your current set, to have the best chance at them playing nice together.
 


You must actually put the RAM from the same brand with SAME color slots to keep the dual channel working.
 


You should replace your motherboard at first. Gigabyte has many issues with slots, they stop working at 2 years usage. Otherwise the red and yellow slots are for dual channeling.
 
Hey guys i got it and i did have some trouble i just had to up the volts and lower the speed a notch but its working great i might can maybe lower volts again since i lowered speed but i dunno. It was crashing games at first with everthing normal and such, so i had to adjust some things in bios... then BAM games running faster!! Thanks to yall who didnt know wtf you were talking about >.<
 
Thanks to the ones that knew!! I kinda thought it would work but i knew the voltage was off a little apparently that matters alot. At least speeds are the same 😛!!! Payed 30 bucks for the ram instead of 90 for the same... maybe a little speed loss but hell its worth it!!!! Thanks and GG!!