Im upgrading my Ram on my PC and im currently running 1024MB of DDR2 533Mhz ram,Can I add 1GB of DDR2 667Mhz?

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Im upgrading my Ram on my PC and im currently running 1024MB of DDR2 533Mhz ram,Can I add 1GB of DDR2 667Mhz?

2007-06-16 15:16:10 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons

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Yes you can but BIOS will just synchronize the speed of both modules to the speed of the slower one w/c is 533Mhz. If you have an Intel setup, it doesn't matter. BUT if you have AMD AM2, you lose the potential performance benefit of running w/ faster (667mhz) RAM.

2007-06-17 01:47:36 · answer #1 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

In practice, it is always recommended to add RAM of the same type and speed, it may work, but what will happen is that it will all run at the slowest speed in this case 533Mhz.

I would recommend to install both sticks of the same speed.

2007-06-16 22:20:01 · answer #2 · answered by OzHawk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋