Ram upgrade help needed please.

moggy · 8 Dec 2008 at 11:36

Hi Guys, im currently running vista ultimate 32bit with a MSI K9N SLi Platinum motherboard And 2x 512MB Corsair TWIN2X1024A-6400,PC2-6400 / 800MHz,5-5-5-12 and an AMD processor.

i was wanting to upgrade my ram as much as possible and would wonder what would be the best option?

cheers
Moggy

Paul2506 · 8 Dec 2008 at 11:47

Might be a good idea to check your (QVL) List m8 "qualified vendors list"

Here you go m8

Featured Memory (Corsiar Only)

Enthusiast : TWIN2X2048-6400C4DHX
Overclocker: TWIN2X2048-8500C5D
Extreme : TWIN2X2048-10000C5DF

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Featured Memory (Kingston Only)

KVR533D2N4/256 256MB 533MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL4 DIMM
KVR533D2N4/512 512MB 533MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL4 DIMM
KVR533D2N4/1G 1GB 533MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL4 DIMM
KVR533D2N4/2G 2GB 533MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL4 DIMM
KVR533D2N4K2/512 512MB 533MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL4 DIMM (Kit of 2)
KVR533D2N4K2/1G 1GB 533MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL4 DIMM (Kit of 2)
KVR533D2N4K2/2G 2GB 533MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL4 DIMM (Kit of 2)
KVR533D2N4K2/4G 4GB 533MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL4 DIMM (Kit of 2)
KVR667D2N5/256 256MB 667MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL5 DIMM
KVR667D2N5/512 512MB 667MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL5 DIMM
KVR667D2N5/1G 1GB 667MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL5 DIMM
KVR667D2N5/2G 2GB 667MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL5 DIMM
KVR667D2N5K2/512 512MB 667MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL5 DIMM (Kit of 2)
KVR667D2N5K2/1G 1GB 667MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL5 DIMM (Kit of 2)
KVR667D2N5K2/2G 2GB 667MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL5 DIMM (Kit of 2)
KVR667D2N5K2/4G 4GB 667MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL5 DIMM (Kit of 2)
KVR800D2N6/512 512MB 800MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL6 DIMM
KVR800D2N6/1G 1GB 800MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL6 DIMM
KVR800D2N6/2G 2GB 800MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL6 DIMM
KVR800D2N6K2/1G 1GB 800MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL6 DIMM (Kit of 2)
KVR800D2N6K2/2G 2GB 800MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL6 DIMM (Kit of 2)
KVR800D2N6K2/4G 4GB 800MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL6 DIMM (Kit of 2)

***Note*** 32Bit OS only recognise 3Gb of Memory ***Note***

moggy · 8 Dec 2008 at 12:56

thanks for that, for future reference where do i find the qvl?

moggy · 8 Dec 2008 at 13:11

edit doesnt matter i found the difference

moggy · 10 Dec 2008 at 19:24

ive got my hands on some TWIN2X2048-6400C4DHX 2x1gb

so would i be best of taking the TWIN2X1024A-6400,PC2-6400 / 800MHz,5-5-5-12 thats currently in there out as they have different timings?

mame · 10 Dec 2008 at 20:53

You might get more than 3GB it deprends mostly on how much VRAM your graphics card has.