Computer Memory help needed.

Oh man! Ad-blocking software has been detected! :'(

This website is run by the community, for the community... and it needs advertisements in order to keep running. Blocking our ads means your killing our stats!
Please disable your ad-block, or become a premium member to hide all advertisements and this notice.

ok, I like to add 2 more gigs of memory to my desktop next month. I already have 1gig of DDR PC2-5300 Curcial says I can put in DDR2 PC2-6400 plus a couple of other speeds but they are out of the price range for now. What I am wondering is there a big difference in these 2 speeds? Would I be better off to just pull the stick I have in there now and just add the 2 new ones if I go with a different speed. Or is there just not enough of a difference between the 2 and I should just stick with what I have?

What I have already
http://www.crucial.com/store/mpartspecs.aspx?mtbpoid=F0D1B07AA5CA7304

What I am looking at
http://www.crucial.com/store/mpartspecs.aspx?mtbpoid=539A5783A5CA7304

 

Oh man! Ad-blocking software has been detected! :'(

This website is run by the community, for the community... and it needs advertisements in order to keep running. Blocking our ads means your killing our stats!
Please disable your ad-block, or become a premium member to hide all advertisements and this notice.

I dont think you will see a major difference from stepping up in speed, the main difference will be because your changing from 1gb to 2gb. I personally would just stick with what you have but fit more of it.

 

what he said ^

A higher MHz does not always mean it will be a lot faster. I have seen better latencies on 2 1GBPC6400 (800MHz) dimms than 2 x 1GBPC8500 (1066MHz) dimms.

The latency is what you looking for, that the series of numbers that might go 5-5-5-15 for example the lower the better.

or it could say CL=5 as your does against the one your are looking at which say CL=6, so as Raffaz says just stick with what you have and get another dimm.

 

Stick with your current sticks. (...boom boom)

You won't really notice a tangible increase in speed if you upgrade when compared to quantity in your current set-up.

Best advice has already been given - Get another 1 gig stick of ram at the same speed.

Qs

 

Hey guys, I appreciate the feed back. I guess I will stick with what I have then and get 2 more gigs. Photoshop should have enough to play with then and my computer can function to it full ability then. Thanks guys!

 

Agree with above. It's not always a wise idea to mix and match different speeds either.