Overclock.net › Forums › AMD › AMD Memory › Mixing DDR2 6400 ram that has 4-4-4-15 1T timings (OCZ) which is no longer sold for a cheap price anymore...
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Mixing DDR2 6400 ram that has 4-4-4-15 1T timings (OCZ) which is no longer sold for a cheap price...

post #1 of 11
5/26/12 at 1:18am
Thread Starter 
Hey guys, I currently have 2GB of PC2 6400 OCZ ram in my old AMD 4600+ System with a Foxconn 590Sli Motherboard.

Here's the ram:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227198

I wanted to increase the ram to 6GB, so I can install Windows 7 64bit on the system.

I found 4GB of this G.Skill ram to mix with the OCZ....
I think it's the the closest match with Cas Latency and timings:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231148

Is this a good choice? Thank you for the help! thumb.gif
Reply
Reply
post #2 of 11
5/26/12 at 1:27am
  • Joined: Nov 2006
  • Location: Indiana, Huntington
  • Posts: 2,852
  • Rep: 148 (Unique: 139)
  • Trader Rating: 17
  • Folding Team Rank: 974
  •  
    Name Team Rank Points / May Work Units / May
    terraprime 974 1,982,669 / 624,738 2,116 / 83
     
  • Select All Posts By This User
It should but dont think it will go flawless.
3rd Generation Jumper
(6 items)
 
Problem Solver
(15 items)
  		 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
intel Core i5 3570k 4.4ghz 1.200v - 0.000 offset  Gigabyte z77X-UP4 TH Sapphire 7950 3GB @ 1100/1600mhz v1.2  GSkill 2x4gb 1333mhz 7-7-7-21 2T 
CoolingOS
Corsair H80i AIO liquid cooling Windows 7 Professional x64 
View all
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
C2Q Q6600 GO @ 3.2ghz 1.28 Gigabyte P35 DS3-L Pencil modded Nvidia 9800 GT 512mb 2x1gb Gskill 1066 5-5-5-15 & 2x1gb Gskill Pi 80... 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
Crucial m4 CT128M4SSD1 128GB SSD - OS Drive Samsung HD103UJ & SJ 1 Terabyte HDD LG 22x DVD burner Arctic Freezer Pro 2  
OSMonitorPowerCase
Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64 HannsG 27.5" Widescreen Red thingy 750w Single rail old raidmax from 1st build beat to death 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
3rd Generation Jumper
(6 items)
 
Problem Solver
(15 items)
  		 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
intel Core i5 3570k 4.4ghz 1.200v - 0.000 offset  Gigabyte z77X-UP4 TH Sapphire 7950 3GB @ 1100/1600mhz v1.2  GSkill 2x4gb 1333mhz 7-7-7-21 2T 
CoolingOS
Corsair H80i AIO liquid cooling Windows 7 Professional x64 
View all
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
C2Q Q6600 GO @ 3.2ghz 1.28 Gigabyte P35 DS3-L Pencil modded Nvidia 9800 GT 512mb 2x1gb Gskill 1066 5-5-5-15 & 2x1gb Gskill Pi 80... 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
Crucial m4 CT128M4SSD1 128GB SSD - OS Drive Samsung HD103UJ & SJ 1 Terabyte HDD LG 22x DVD burner Arctic Freezer Pro 2  
OSMonitorPowerCase
Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64 HannsG 27.5" Widescreen Red thingy 750w Single rail old raidmax from 1st build beat to death 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #3 of 11
5/26/12 at 3:13am
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by terraprime View Post

It should but dont think it will go flawless.
What ram would be a better mix from Newegg?
Edited by newocer - 5/26/12 at 3:16am
Reply
Reply
post #4 of 11
5/26/12 at 10:41am
In theory all RAM should play nice together but reality has shown this to be untrue. Mixing of RAM is always a crapshoot, but you can give it a try...

Contrary to subjective opinions, actual testing of DDR2 RAMS indicates it may be slightly easier to mix than DDR3 RAM because DDR3 runs at a higher frequency and thus is more temperamental than lower frequency RAM that has more chance of mixing success -- but NOT mixing of RAM is the preferred set-up.

The best RAM to try adding it a match of what you currently have. If that is not possible the next option would be RAM of the same brand, frequency, voltage and RAM latencies.
Edited by AMD4ME - 5/28/12 at 9:07am
Reply
Reply
post #5 of 11
5/27/12 at 4:05am
Thread Starter 
So if the ram I currently have is:

2GB of...
DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
Cas Latency: 4
Timing: 4-4-4-15 1T
Voltage: 2.1V
[ link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227198 ]

and I want to add 4GB of...
DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
Cas Latency: 4
Timing: 4-4-4-12
Voltage: 2.0-2.1V
[ link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231148 ]

For a total of 6GB.

Is this a great match or can you guys find a better one? Thank you for the help!smile.gif
Reply
Reply
post #6 of 11
5/27/12 at 11:02am
  • xd_1771
  • Mess with the goat, get the horns
  • Forum Moderator

The rated voltage, speeds and timings should ideally be exactly the same.  You might just wish to go for a full replacement of your 2GB DIMM seeing as most people will not use over 4GB of RAM (you up to now weren't even using over 2GB), it is hard to find a kit specced the same in a world where DDR2 is the previous generation and expensive, and the final setup will have 3 DIMMs (i.e. single channel) and not be as optimal anyway.

 

No RAM platform/generation is "easier to mix" than another.

Hexagonal
(16 items)
 
Voyager [XT875]
(11 items)
  		 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
AMD Phenom II x6 1055T [4GHz, 300x13.5, 1.42V] Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 AM3+ [NB 3ghz 1.35v] MSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II 1GB 8GB [4x2GB] G.Skill ECO DDR3 [1600 6-8-6-20-24-1T] 
Hard DriveHard DriveHard DriveCooling
80GB Intel X25M SSD WD 1TB Caviar Black (WD1001FALS) WD 1TB Caviar Black (WD1002FAEX) Noctua NH-D14 
CoolingOSMonitorPower
Scythe GT-15 Gentle Typhoon 1500RPM fans (2x, o... Windows 8 Pro 64-bit ASUS PA238QR 23.6" 1920x1080 IPS LED monitor [x2] Corsair HX520 Modular PSU [520W] 
CaseAudioAudio
Antec P182 SE ASUS Xonar DG 5.1 Headphone Amp Audio Technica ATH-d40fs 
View all
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
ARM Cortex A9 dual core [1.2Ghz]  TI OMAP 4430 PowerVR SGX 540 1GB low power DDR2 
Hard DriveHard DriveOSMonitor
16GB on board storage 32GB Class 10 MicroSDHC card Android 4.0.4 "Ice Cream Sandwich" (LiquidSmoot... 4.3" 960x540 TFT capacitive multi-touch screen 
KeyboardPowerCase
Swiftkey 3 Battery Motorola DROID BIONIC 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
Hexagonal
(16 items)
 
Voyager [XT875]
(11 items)
  		 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
AMD Phenom II x6 1055T [4GHz, 300x13.5, 1.42V] Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 AM3+ [NB 3ghz 1.35v] MSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II 1GB 8GB [4x2GB] G.Skill ECO DDR3 [1600 6-8-6-20-24-1T] 
Hard DriveHard DriveHard DriveCooling
80GB Intel X25M SSD WD 1TB Caviar Black (WD1001FALS) WD 1TB Caviar Black (WD1002FAEX) Noctua NH-D14 
CoolingOSMonitorPower
Scythe GT-15 Gentle Typhoon 1500RPM fans (2x, o... Windows 8 Pro 64-bit ASUS PA238QR 23.6" 1920x1080 IPS LED monitor [x2] Corsair HX520 Modular PSU [520W] 
CaseAudioAudio
Antec P182 SE ASUS Xonar DG 5.1 Headphone Amp Audio Technica ATH-d40fs 
View all
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
ARM Cortex A9 dual core [1.2Ghz]  TI OMAP 4430 PowerVR SGX 540 1GB low power DDR2 
Hard DriveHard DriveOSMonitor
16GB on board storage 32GB Class 10 MicroSDHC card Android 4.0.4 "Ice Cream Sandwich" (LiquidSmoot... 4.3" 960x540 TFT capacitive multi-touch screen 
KeyboardPowerCase
Swiftkey 3 Battery Motorola DROID BIONIC 
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #7 of 11
5/27/12 at 11:09am
I would just but a full new set of ram. It means it all looks the same, and runs the same. Mean there is absolutely no problems. Otherwise, you really are rolling the dice...
Work In Progress
(18 items)
 
eBay or the Highway
(7 items)
 
The £5 Baby
(5 items)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i5 2500k 3.3Ghz Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4 Z68 Sapphire HD 7970 16 GB Samsung DDR3 @ 1600 8-8-8-24 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingCooling
Crucial 128GB 2.5" M4 SSD  LiteOn iHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Optical Silver Arrow Bitfenix Spectre Pro 200mm 
CoolingOSPowerCase
Bitfenix Spectre Pro 230mm Windows 7 Corsair Professional Series AX750 750W Modular PSU Coolermaster HAF X 
MouseAudioOther
SteelSeries Sensei Laser Gaming Mouse ASUS XONAR DG Accelero Xtreme 7970  
View all
CPUCPUMotherboardRAM
AMD Opteron 285 AMD Opteron 285 Tyan s2985 Thunder K8WE 8GB 4x 2GB PC3200R ECC REG DDR 400 
CoolingCoolingCase
Hyper 212 Hyper 212 Modded Cream Tower of Death 
View all
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ MS-7168 ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 Series Infineon  
RAM
Infineon  
View all
  hide details  
Reply
Work In Progress
(18 items)
 
eBay or the Highway
(7 items)
 
The £5 Baby
(5 items)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i5 2500k 3.3Ghz Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4 Z68 Sapphire HD 7970 16 GB Samsung DDR3 @ 1600 8-8-8-24 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingCooling
Crucial 128GB 2.5" M4 SSD  LiteOn iHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Optical Silver Arrow Bitfenix Spectre Pro 200mm 
CoolingOSPowerCase
Bitfenix Spectre Pro 230mm Windows 7 Corsair Professional Series AX750 750W Modular PSU Coolermaster HAF X 
MouseAudioOther
SteelSeries Sensei Laser Gaming Mouse ASUS XONAR DG Accelero Xtreme 7970  
View all
CPUCPUMotherboardRAM
AMD Opteron 285 AMD Opteron 285 Tyan s2985 Thunder K8WE 8GB 4x 2GB PC3200R ECC REG DDR 400 
CoolingCoolingCase
Hyper 212 Hyper 212 Modded Cream Tower of Death 
View all
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ MS-7168 ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 Series Infineon  
RAM
Infineon  
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #8 of 11
5/28/12 at 1:40pm
^^^ I think the issue is that DDR2 RAM is still pricey for many folks compared to DDR3 RAM which is dirt-cheap right now due to over-production and insufficient demand.
Reply
Reply
post #9 of 11
5/28/12 at 2:23pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by AMD4ME View Post

^^^ I think the issue is that DDR2 RAM is still pricey for many folks compared to DDR3 RAM which is dirt-cheap right now due to over-production and insufficient demand.

8gb of registered DDR400 ram is £40. Bout the same as I paid for my DDR3...
Work In Progress
(18 items)
 
eBay or the Highway
(7 items)
 
The £5 Baby
(5 items)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i5 2500k 3.3Ghz Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4 Z68 Sapphire HD 7970 16 GB Samsung DDR3 @ 1600 8-8-8-24 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingCooling
Crucial 128GB 2.5" M4 SSD  LiteOn iHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Optical Silver Arrow Bitfenix Spectre Pro 200mm 
CoolingOSPowerCase
Bitfenix Spectre Pro 230mm Windows 7 Corsair Professional Series AX750 750W Modular PSU Coolermaster HAF X 
MouseAudioOther
SteelSeries Sensei Laser Gaming Mouse ASUS XONAR DG Accelero Xtreme 7970  
View all
CPUCPUMotherboardRAM
AMD Opteron 285 AMD Opteron 285 Tyan s2985 Thunder K8WE 8GB 4x 2GB PC3200R ECC REG DDR 400 
CoolingCoolingCase
Hyper 212 Hyper 212 Modded Cream Tower of Death 
View all
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ MS-7168 ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 Series Infineon  
RAM
Infineon  
View all
  hide details  
Reply
Work In Progress
(18 items)
 
eBay or the Highway
(7 items)
 
The £5 Baby
(5 items)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
i5 2500k 3.3Ghz Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4 Z68 Sapphire HD 7970 16 GB Samsung DDR3 @ 1600 8-8-8-24 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingCooling
Crucial 128GB 2.5" M4 SSD  LiteOn iHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Optical Silver Arrow Bitfenix Spectre Pro 200mm 
CoolingOSPowerCase
Bitfenix Spectre Pro 230mm Windows 7 Corsair Professional Series AX750 750W Modular PSU Coolermaster HAF X 
MouseAudioOther
SteelSeries Sensei Laser Gaming Mouse ASUS XONAR DG Accelero Xtreme 7970  
View all
CPUCPUMotherboardRAM
AMD Opteron 285 AMD Opteron 285 Tyan s2985 Thunder K8WE 8GB 4x 2GB PC3200R ECC REG DDR 400 
CoolingCoolingCase
Hyper 212 Hyper 212 Modded Cream Tower of Death 
View all
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ MS-7168 ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 Series Infineon  
RAM
Infineon  
View all
  hide details  
Reply
post #10 of 11
5/28/12 at 7:30pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by BritishBob View Post

8gb of registered DDR400 ram is £40. Bout the same as I paid for my DDR3...

Price varies obviously but I agree one RAM kit is the best choice if affordable for the OP.
Reply
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: AMD Memory
  • Mixing DDR2 6400 ram that has 4-4-4-15 1T timings (OCZ) which is no longer sold for a cheap price anymore...
Overclock.net › Forums › AMD › AMD Memory › Mixing DDR2 6400 ram that has 4-4-4-15 1T timings (OCZ) which is no longer sold for a cheap price anymore...