1gb of pc2100 slowing down 512mb pc3200??

Wavey · 20-04-2004 01:02PM #1

Afternoon all,

Need a little advice

My machine currently has 512mb pc3200 ram installed. If i add 1gb of pc2100 ram will this speed up or slow down the machine?

cheers
Wavey

leeroybrown · 20-04-2004 01:10PM

If your PC is currently running the PC3200 RAM at it's full clock speed then adding the PC2100 will reduce the memory bandwidth available (3200Mb/sec to 2100Mb/sec) and will probably affect performance.

The only exception to this is if you are doing a lot of RAM intensive work causing your PC to go into swap regularly. In this case the reduction of memory bandwidth would be offset by the performance improvements of not having to swap regularly.

Matt Simis · 20-04-2004 01:12PM

Thats if the PC even boots or gets into windows when mixing ram types or such speed differences and capacities.

Im selling 1GB of PC3200 (Registered Ram) on the Forsale Computers Forum if you are interested.

MAtt

Wavey · 20-04-2004 01:56PM

Thanks for the advice lads.

The machine is mainly usid for audio work, ie sequencing and sampling. Would this be considered ram heavy? I know it can run the cpu up to 80-90% when using multiple plugins but dont know about the ram.

Will probably abstain from putting the memory in for now.

Matts, no thanks unless you want to swap for said pc2100 module !!!!

whosurpaddy · 20-04-2004 02:11PM

Originally posted by Matt Simis
Im selling 1GB of PC3200 (Registered Ram) on the Forsale Computers Forum if you are interested.

theres a for sale computers forum?

Matt Simis · 20-04-2004 03:56PM

The forsale board is now broken into seven different categories...

Matt

netman · 20-04-2004 05:19PM

You'll need to drop the memory speed to PC2100, in case your motherboard doesn't automatically do that for you.

Depending on your setup, it might even be running at PC2100 speed, even with the PC3200 memory in it.

The best way to see if it would affect your PC's performance and how, is to put the module in and see.

As long as you set it up properly there shouldn't be any problems with stability.

You'll see problems if you try to run the PC2100 module at PC3200 speed.

Mutant_Fruit · 20-04-2004 06:30PM

What processor do you have?

If you have an AMD, the odds are that the ram isn't running at 3200 speeds, but at slower speeds. Tell us the specs of your processor, and we can give a more accurate answer.

Wavey · 21-04-2004 02:11PM

Thanks again lads.

The machine spec is:

P4 2.6 pc800
Abit IS7 motherboard
512 mb pc3200 ram
80gb 7200rpm hd
30gb 7200rpm hd
Radeon 9700 pro

1gb of pc2100 slowing down 512mb pc3200??

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