DDR2 upgrade from 4gb to 12gb opinions

lloydcars18 · 9 Jun 2016 at 17:11

Hi Guys I currently have the memory that's in my description and am either going for another set of 4gb or a set of 8 gb what's people's opinion's and will 12gb work with a set of 4gb and 8gb?

Please no comments saying upgrade to a ddr3 rig because don't have the funds and enjoy my computer the way it is.

Mercutio · 9 Jun 2016 at 22:55

Not sure how much DDR2 you'll still find around, certainly in high capacity sticks you'll likely be paying a bit of a premium.

DDR (any sort) needs a pair of sticks for the full bandwidth. If you have a pair and add a pair more, still good. In short, should be fine so long as you're sticking to pairs (so for 12GB a pair of 2GB and a pair of 4GB).

Akagi · 9 Jun 2016 at 23:02

Looks like you can get a 2x4GB set of generic RAM for £15 on eBay.

Quartz · 9 Jun 2016 at 23:34

12 GB should work just fine, though I'd try and find a matched set of 4x 4 GB to minimise any potential problems.

I've just been looking at the list of supported CPUs. You should get a nice boost from a cheap quad core CPU.

ukxenon · 22 Jun 2016 at 06:43

You will be fine

Kurgen · 22 Jun 2016 at 14:44

are you running out of RAM at the moment? if your apps/games currently are not using the 4gb adding more wont make that much difference

just checking also that you are on a 64bit OS?

bledd · 22 Jun 2016 at 14:54

What do you use the PC for? Is it running low on RAM? I'd throw an SSD at it before RAM.