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Hi there
As my overclocking days are firmly behind me, my knowledge of what's what is sadly lacking now.
My PC is now used for working from home and as I am messing with VMs I need to give it a memory boost.
The motherboard is a few years old now, a Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R and it has 4 x 1Gb DDR2 PC2-6400 RAM installed.
The mobo has 4 x DDR2 slots and 2 x DDR3 slots.
I want to up it from 4Gb to 8Gb. So, to get to the point, can I add DDR3 alongside the DDR2 (speed isn't that important as it is just a work PC)? Or will this be a non-starter and I need to remove the DDR2 and install only the DDR3 instead? And if so, what type of DDR3 will be suitable for an ageing mobo?
Many thanks
Phil
As my overclocking days are firmly behind me, my knowledge of what's what is sadly lacking now.
My PC is now used for working from home and as I am messing with VMs I need to give it a memory boost.
The motherboard is a few years old now, a Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R and it has 4 x 1Gb DDR2 PC2-6400 RAM installed.
The mobo has 4 x DDR2 slots and 2 x DDR3 slots.
I want to up it from 4Gb to 8Gb. So, to get to the point, can I add DDR3 alongside the DDR2 (speed isn't that important as it is just a work PC)? Or will this be a non-starter and I need to remove the DDR2 and install only the DDR3 instead? And if so, what type of DDR3 will be suitable for an ageing mobo?
Many thanks
Phil