3GB Ram wanted, 2 DIMM slots?

Kurtwaskilled06 · 01-26-2009, 07:15 PM

I'm currently running a system with 2GB of ram, and wanted to upgrade to 3 because I've begun to game quite a bit on my system. What would be a recommended setup? I have only 2 DIMM slots because of having a Micro-ATX board, so I know it would have to be 1x2gb, and 1x1gb sticks.. I'm looking for DDR2-800. I just don't feel like forking out a few hundred bucks to buy another board AND ram.

My setup:
Core 2 Duo E6750 (2.66GHz) oc'd to 3.1GHz
2x1GB OCZ DDR2-800 1.9v, 4-4-4-12 (underclocked to run 1:1 cpu:ram ratio)
EVGA 9800GT
Ultra 500-watt PSU
2 SATA HDD's
1 SATA DVD+RW

**grimx133** · 01-26-2009, 10:29 PM

With only the 2 slots, you want to go with 2x2, for dual channel, as long as your board supports 2GB sticks. Use the configurator from the ram manufacturer's websites to find ram guaranteed to work in your board. Look for a kit in the 2x2 size. Here's some links to configurators.

Crucial - http://www.crucial.com/

Corsair - http://www.corsair.com/configurator/default.aspx

OCZ - http://conf.ocztechnology.com/index.php?c=1

Patriot - http://www.patriotmem.com/configurator/index.jsp

Geil - http://www.geil.com.tw/home

Kingston - http://www.kingston.com/

g.skill - http://newgskill.web-bi.net/bbs/G_SK...for_Memory.php

And then Newegg has it's own memory configurator where you put in the make and model and it shows which ram they sell will work. It's on the left side of the screen there.
http://www.newegg.com/Store/Category...17&name=Memory

edit - your really should include your motherboard with your specs.

Kurtwaskilled06 · 01-27-2009, 01:01 AM

Oh wow. Thanks very much. I was considering 4Gigs, but I heard it wasn't too good too max it out running a 32-bit OS. And my apologies...I completely forgot. It's an EVGA NVIDIA GeForce 7100 / nForce 630i Socket lga 775

dai · 01-27-2009, 01:45 AM

2g is usually plenty for xp

Kurtwaskilled06 · 01-27-2009, 11:54 PM

well i mult-boot with two XP partitions (one for gaming/one for everything else), and one partition of vista ultimate.

01-26-2009, 07:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
Kurtwaskilled06 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 13 OS: XP Pro SP3	3GB Ram wanted, 2 DIMM slots? I'm currently running a system with 2GB of ram, and wanted to upgrade to 3 because I've begun to game quite a bit on my system. What would be a recommended setup? I have only 2 DIMM slots because of having a Micro-ATX board, so I know it would have to be 1x2gb, and 1x1gb sticks.. I'm looking for DDR2-800. I just don't feel like forking out a few hundred bucks to buy another board AND ram. My setup: Core 2 Duo E6750 (2.66GHz) oc'd to 3.1GHz 2x1GB OCZ DDR2-800 1.9v, 4-4-4-12 (underclocked to run 1:1 cpu:ram ratio) EVGA 9800GT Ultra 500-watt PSU 2 SATA HDD's 1 SATA DVD+RW

01-26-2009, 10:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
grimx133 Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Canada eh Posts: 3,148 OS: xp mce sp2, xp pro sp2, windows 7 beta My System	Re: 3GB Ram wanted, 2 DIMM slots? With only the 2 slots, you want to go with 2x2, for dual channel, as long as your board supports 2GB sticks. Use the configurator from the ram manufacturer's websites to find ram guaranteed to work in your board. Look for a kit in the 2x2 size. Here's some links to configurators. Crucial - http://www.crucial.com/ Corsair - http://www.corsair.com/configurator/default.aspx OCZ - http://conf.ocztechnology.com/index.php?c=1 Patriot - http://www.patriotmem.com/configurator/index.jsp Geil - http://www.geil.com.tw/home Kingston - http://www.kingston.com/ g.skill - http://newgskill.web-bi.net/bbs/G_SK...for_Memory.php And then Newegg has it's own memory configurator where you put in the make and model and it shows which ram they sell will work. It's on the left side of the screen there. http://www.newegg.com/Store/Category...17&name=Memory edit - your really should include your motherboard with your specs. __________________ Last edited by grimx133; 01-26-2009 at 10:33 PM.

01-27-2009, 01:01 AM	#3 (permalink)
Kurtwaskilled06 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 13 OS: XP Pro SP3	Re: 3GB Ram wanted, 2 DIMM slots? Oh wow. Thanks very much. I was considering 4Gigs, but I heard it wasn't too good too max it out running a 32-bit OS. And my apologies...I completely forgot. It's an EVGA NVIDIA GeForce 7100 / nForce 630i Socket lga 775

01-27-2009, 01:45 AM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,646 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: 3GB Ram wanted, 2 DIMM slots? 2g is usually plenty for xp __________________

01-27-2009, 11:54 PM	#5 (permalink)
Kurtwaskilled06 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 13 OS: XP Pro SP3	Re: 3GB Ram wanted, 2 DIMM slots? well i mult-boot with two XP partitions (one for gaming/one for everything else), and one partition of vista ultimate.