Ram Question

[Zaximus]

What everyone else said.

I'm surprised Dell offers a PC with that many slots, usually you get a motherboard that handcuffs you on that.

[The Saltman]

its the XPS 7100.. most probably overpaid for it but oh well.

[TarPanther9180]

Yes

[The Saltman]

Yes

to what?

[TarPanther9180]

No?

[The Saltman]

:confused:

[TarPanther9180]

:coolgleamA:

[SorthNarolina]

I recently purchased a desktop computer and had a question about memory. I kept the memory how it was which is 6 GBs of memory because upgrading it with dell is ridiculously priced when I could get it from Crucial.com. I want to at least keep the initial ram that I own and maybe buy 2 sticks of 4gbs. What I want to know is do all the slots have to be paired with 4 gbs? or can I just buy the 2 sticks of 4 and keep two slots with 2 gbs in it?

Hope that makes sense.

ps. Yes I bought a computer from dell and didnt build one, sue me.

For dual channel i think you need the same amount but otherwise you should be able to mix and match.

If you have 6 gigs in there i doubt it is in 2 x 3 gig sticks you would only have room for one more stick .

[The Saltman]

ok I shouldnt have even made this thread.

I just looked at the order and it says this:

6GB DDR3 SDRAM,1333MHz, 2x2GB+2x1GB

so im just going to remove the 2 sticks of 1 and install 2 sticks of 4.

For dual channel i think you need the same amount but otherwise you should be able to mix and match.

If you have 6 gigs in there i doubt it is in 2 x 3 gig sticks you would only have room for one more stick .

:)

[Hawk]

salty always has room for one more stick

[natty]

Be careful with dual channel ram. If you only add one stick or the sticks you add don't play well with the existing ram then you lose one of the channels, which is a gigantic performance hit.

[The Saltman]

What do you reccommend I do?

[Scrumtrilescent]

You are running x64, right?

[The Saltman]

Ya