mixing ram sticks

macca672 · 12 Feb 2007 at 04:43

quick question for you as im useless with this sort of thing

i have a new pc with 1gb of DDR2 PC-4200

can i put DDR PC-3200 with this to make 2gb or will it just refuse to work

if i can will it give any real benefit or would it actually hinder performance

PC sped is Athlon64 x2 3800+
1gb DDR2 PC 4200
7600GT PCI-e
Acer EM61SM/EM61PM motherboard

Thanks in advance

simonnance · 12 Feb 2007 at 04:45

no, DDR and DDR2 dont mix, you wont physically be able to plug one into the slots designed for the other.

macca672 · 12 Feb 2007 at 05:14

ok thanks for the quick reply

GAMEfreak · 12 Feb 2007 at 09:58

yes and in regards to the DUAL-Vsta boards and the p4v800d-x board by asus and the likes, i expect you choose one or the other in the bios, and thats it. I honestly doubt any northbridges could handle two sets of different ram standards at the same time lol.

simonnance · 12 Feb 2007 at 14:49

woulnt the real danger be the voltages..... if the mobo fed DDR volts into DDR2....... BANG! and DDR2 into DDR wouldnt even boot.