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Need help buying more DDR ram

sumasage

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Processor Opteron 170 Dual Core
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I am currently using 1gig (2x512 Dual channel config) OCZ EL DDR PC-3200 Dual Channel Platinum Rev 2 (http://www.ocztechnology.com/product...latinum_rev_2). I want to get some more RAM for my comp but dont know what kind i should buy. The current ram is running in dual channel mode on a DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-DR motherboard. I know that i will have to buy a PC3200 400 DDR RAM but do i need to buy RAM that are from the same/similar brand and latency rating? Will buying two more identical stick will keep all my RAMs running in dual channel mode? Any help will be awesome.

Also let me know if there are any good deal right now. My budget is $150. Looking to buy 1 gig but 2 gig in the price range will better.

Thanks

P.S i dont plan to over clock

System Spec:
DFI LANParty UT nF4 SLI-DR
AMD Opteron 170 (Dual Core)
2x521MB OCZ EL Platium Rev2 DDR400
BFG nVidia GeForce 7800 GT OC (256MB)
SoundBlaster X-Fi Extreme Music
OCZ PowerStream (NVIDIA SLI-Ready) 520W
570 Gig hard drive space (160+160+250)
 
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I am currently using 1gig (2x512 Dual channel config) OCZ EL DDR PC-3200 Dual Channel Platinum Rev 2 (http://www.ocztechnology.com/product...latinum_rev_2). I want to get some more RAM for my comp but dont know what kind i should buy. The current ram is running in dual channel mode on a DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-DR motherboard. I know that i will have to buy a PC3200 400 DDR RAM but do i need to buy RAM that are from the same/similar brand and latency rating? Will buying two more identical stick will keep all my RAMs running in dual channel mode? Any help will be awesome.

Also let me know if there are any good deal right now. My budget is $150. Looking to buy 1 gig but 2 gig in the price range will better.

Thanks

P.S i dont plan to over clock

System Spec:
DFI LANParty UT nF4 SLI-DR
AMD Opteron 170 (Dual Core)
2x521MB OCZ EL Platium Rev2 DDR400
BFG nVidia GeForce 7800 GT OC (256MB)
SoundBlaster X-Fi Extreme Music
OCZ PowerStream (NVIDIA SLI-Ready) 520W
570 Gig hard drive space (160+160+250)

personally i like to run witrh the same ram no matter how much im running, so i would reccomend getting some of the same, but you can just get another 2x512mb sticks just be sure to get some with the same timings etc otherwise all 4 sticks will run at the timings opf the ones with the lowest timings :toast:
 
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