which memory

[dave4576]

help if i run one stick of ddr3200 mem 512meg of ram,will this out preform 2 sticks of 2100 and 3200 side by side,i would have768 meg of ram instead of 512,but it would run at the slower speed,so which is better 1x3200x512 or 1x3200x512+1x2100x256,any helpers

[wazzledoozle]

All of the memory on a motherboard will run at the speed of the slowest ram stick. So take it out you should notice a speed improvement.

[dave4576]

strange this ive found running mixed mem totaling 768 ,fasster than 512 ddr3200 mem on its own.must have something wrong my end

[Halki]

i dont know how do you like it, but IMHO there is always better to have more capacity than greater speed... of course this doesn't apply if you have 1Gb+ ;)

[INSTG8R]

it would also depend on the MoBo if its it a Dual Channel Mobo runnin say 2 slots of 256 3200 at dual it would be faster as its double the Bus witdth(128) I have experimented with it myself as I have 2 slots of 256 3200 and a slot of 256 2700 and it runs faster at 512 Dual@ 400 than 768 single@166

[dave4576]

my mobo is a elite 755-a2 and im running a 3000+processor,ive messed about this end but ive found slower speed but more of it memory wise ie 768,out performs the faster 3200 512 meg