Ram Upgrade

Nemesis881 · Nov 7, 2010

So currently I have 4x512mb of Corsair value ram...ddr2 533.
I am going to upgrade to this 2x2gb ddr2 800 kit:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220396

How much of a difference is this going to make with my current setup? I'm also trying to get a hold of my friends amd x2 6000+. I figure the extra / faster ram would help it out a lot.

brandonwh64 · Nov 7, 2010

It would maybe show alittle difference but not much. what motherboard do you have (model number)

Techtu · Nov 8, 2010

A8M2N-LA

His board is some OEM brand (HP) but has been contacted by ASUS, and from what I can find at the moment the board will ~~only support upto 667Mhz DDR~~ support 800Mhz DDR.

EDIT: Also further searching has shown that the max memory limit for that board is 4gb and a maximum of 1gb per bank so the 2x 2gb kit would not work with that board.

overclocking101 · Nov 8, 2010

either way that ram is terrible m8 800mhz 5-5-5-12 is bad. try and look for some crucial 800mhs 4-4-4-12 4X1gb sticks

Nemesis881 · Nov 8, 2010

Techtu said:
A8M2N-LA

His board is some OEM brand (HP) but has been contacted by ASUS, and from what I can find at the moment the board will ~~only support upto 667Mhz DDR~~ support 800Mhz DDR.

EDIT: Also further searching has shown that the max memory limit for that board is 4gb and a maximum of 1gb per bank so the 2x 2gb kit would not work with that board.

oh wow. this saved me some trouble thanks man!

I will further my search then.

de.das.dude · Nov 8, 2010

to be frank i dont see any performance benefit from a higher speed or lower latencies. things may be a bit faster....and you will have lil more ease OC-ing with out black editions.... but thats it.
i have 2 GB DDR2 667 at 800MHz and aal iz well

Deleted member 67555 · Nov 8, 2010

I have one of those boards.....I'm Literally just Re-building an HP for someone right now
Repalced the PSU, Mobo and cpu and Mem..
Memory is going to help..Sure Volume will do it too, but that board is just awful

I think it has an 80 watt cpu limit and the bios is in desperate need of an update..

Most of the cpu's that board can run can only run the memory at 780 mhz.
But it does have a rather good PCI-E interface given the rest of the boards limitations..

Anyhow the mem will give you a boost...AS I just did that for this person a month ago While they were waiting to upgrade...

It was an overall improvment of about 12%

He wanted to try this I wasn't sure if it would work for that board
But I talked him into spending $20 more to get a 620 with a mobo and memory (some used parts)

System Name	Nemy's comp
Processor	AMD Athlon x2 4200+ @ 2.61ghz
Motherboard	ASUS A8M2N-LA
Cooling	1x250mm (side), 2x120mm (one front and back), 6000+ stock cooler
Memory	3Gb Corsair value select PC2-4200 (2x512mb and 2x1gb))
Video Card(s)	XFX HD7770
Storage	320gb Seagate Baracuda / 160gb western digital
Display(s)	ASUS 19" widescreen LCD. 1440x900
Case	Apevia Jupiter-JR S-Type
Audio Device(s)	on-board. Audigy died D;
Power Supply	Ultra 600W X-pro
Software	Vista Home Premium

System Name	The wifes worst enemy
Processor	i5-9600k
Motherboard	Asrock z390 phantom gaming 4
Cooling	water
Memory	16gb G.skill ripjaw DDR4 2400 4X4GB 15-15-15-35-2T
Video Card(s)	Asrock 5600xt phantom gaming 6gb 14gb/s
Storage	crucial M500 120GB SSD, Pny 256GB SSD, seagate 750GB, seagate 2TB HDD, WD blue 1TB 2.5" HDD
Display(s)	27 inch samsung @ 1080p but capable of much more ;)
Case	Corsair AIR 540 Cube Mid tower
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	EVGA GQ1000W MODULAR
Mouse	generic for now
Keyboard	generic for now
Software	gotta love steam, origin etc etc
Benchmark Scores	http://hwbot.org/user/philbrown_23/

System Name	Nemy's comp
Processor	AMD Athlon x2 4200+ @ 2.61ghz
Motherboard	ASUS A8M2N-LA
Cooling	1x250mm (side), 2x120mm (one front and back), 6000+ stock cooler
Memory	3Gb Corsair value select PC2-4200 (2x512mb and 2x1gb))
Video Card(s)	XFX HD7770
Storage	320gb Seagate Baracuda / 160gb western digital
Display(s)	ASUS 19" widescreen LCD. 1440x900
Case	Apevia Jupiter-JR S-Type
Audio Device(s)	on-board. Audigy died D;
Power Supply	Ultra 600W X-pro
Software	Vista Home Premium

System Name	Monke \| Work Thinkpad\| Old Monke
Processor	Ryzen 5600X \| Ryzen 5500U \| FX8320
Motherboard	ASRock B550 Extreme4 \| ? \| Asrock 990FX Extreme 4
Cooling	240mm Rad \| Not needed \| hyper 212 EVO
Memory	2x16GB DDR4 3600 Corsair RGB \| 16 GB DDR4 3600 \| 16GB DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse RX6700XT 12GB \| Vega 8 \| Sapphire Pulse RX580 8GB
Storage	Samsung 980 nvme (Primary) \| some samsung SSD
Display(s)	Dell 2723DS \| Some 14" 1080p 98%sRGB IPS \| Dell 2240L
Case	Ant Esports Tempered case \| Thinkpad \| Antec
Audio Device(s)	Logitech Z333 \| Jabra corpo stuff
Power Supply	Corsair RM750e \| not needed \| Corsair GS 600
Mouse	Logitech G400 \| nipple
Keyboard	Logitech G213 \| stock kb is awesome \| Logitech K230
VR HMD	;_;
Software	Windows 10 Professional x3
Benchmark Scores	There are no marks on my bench

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