RAM question

[mojahista]

Pwede ba pagsamahin yung DDR2 600Mhz & DDR2 800 Mhz na di magkakaproblem sa mobo? May avail kasi sa Cdr na mura 800Mhz gusto ko magupgrade.
Tnx

[higad]

alam ko basta may slot at compatible sa mobo, di magkakaproblema yun.

[badongrodrigs]

yeah but you might as well buy a 600mhz one because the mobo recognizes the least mhz, so the 800mhz will only be read as 600mhz.

[bgomez]

Don't worry about it, it will work well with each other. But as the earlier posters said, you won't be able to take advantage of the higher memory bandwidth that your new memory has. But, yes, they will work.

[sjon014]

No one's experienced the sometimes-random quirkyness in pairing two different brands? Especially if one is generic?

There's some issue with mixing-and-matching, I believe. Like RAM-caused system freezes and BSoD's. Then you also get a perfect memtest86 result on the individual sticks, but NOT when they're together.

That's why I prefer buying paired sticks now.

[bgomez]

No one's experienced the sometimes-random quirkyness in pairing two different brands? Especially if one is generic?

There's some issue with mixing-and-matching, I believe. Like RAM-caused system freezes and BSoD's. Then you also get a perfect memtest86 result on the individual sticks, but NOT when they're together.

That's why I prefer buying paired sticks now.

I have once used a PQI stick with a generic one. It did act up for some time. But the duo lasted for more than 4 years. I just sold that same PC and I'd guess it would last for a very long time. although yes, they do happen, in some cases the problem generated by pairing up a branded and a generic RAM is serious that it will result to BSODs.