More Ram for P5B

[JonoB]

Hi all,

I am running an E6600 on a Asus P5B motherboard, and a 512mb HD4850 graphics card. My ram setup is Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit.

I have been running Win7 64bit for a few months...and its working very well (other than the very random BSOD and reboot ocassionally).

Basically, I'd like to put more ram in; whats the best plan of attack? My understanding is that P5B has four DDR2-DIMM sockets, supporting up to 8 GB officially up to DDR2-800. Should I get 2x2GB, and then run with 6GB in total?

Any advice on which sticks to go for? Does it have to be same frequency? Or can I get a higher frequency and overclock my current sticks?

Thanks for any advice you can give.

 

[johnerz]

get the 2 X 2 gb's and if they run with your current - fine if not just use the 4 gb and sell the old stuff

 

[JonoB]

Right, thanks for the reply.

Given that my current ram runs at 5300...should I try get the new 4gb at the same frequency?

Apparently higher frequency ram will work, but the mobo will default to lowest frequency that being used. Is this right?

And if it is, is it possible to overlock the 5300 up to (say) 6400...or is that just not possible?