Which Ram do i have?

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Hi there!. I currently own an AMD 3800+ system, with 1Gb of RAM (2*512) and a Radeon X1900GT card.Motherboard is ABIT KN9 ULTRA. I do not know much more since it was a present. I want to increase my Ram, only that i do not know what to buy.
If i buy 2Gb (2*1Gb) of RAM can i keep the existing 2*512 and have 3Gb?
What kind of sticks should i buy (DDR667, DDR800....)?
Is there a program to tell me what kind of Ram i have?
Thanks in advance!!
 
Your system should be using DDR2 800 PC2 6400.

As suggested use CPU-Z to identify the spec of your current RAM and if you wish to mix them with your new RAM then be sure to get the same specifications or better.
 
Ok, i used the CPU-Z, but i can't quite understand what it says. At the MEMORY tab says that i have 1024Mbytes of DDR2,dual channel,301.4 frequency and CAS/Latency 5.0 cycles.
At the SPD Tab it writes module size 512 Mbytes,Max bandwidth PC2 5300 (333mHZ) cORSAIR.
Does that make sense to anyone?
Should i keep it or buy a new 2*1gb altogether?
 
And i throw the existing one or use it as well?
Whould it slow the fast RAM (like a bottleneck)?
 
Yes it would. A PC's memory is only as good as it's slowest module.

I'd personally stick to the 2GB kit and sell the old stuff. :)
 
You currently have DDR2 667 RAM so you can either get another 2Gb of DDR2 667 kit or add a little more for DDR2 800.

Both will work fine with your current RAM but your system will default the speed to the slowest stick. So yes it will bottleneck your fast RAM.

2Gb is more than enough for day to day apps and games tbh. I would just use the 2Gb DDR2 800 kit and sell the 1Gb DDR2 667 kit you currently have.
 
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