2 or 4 slots with ram

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    tylak Regular member

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    Hi all, I have a mobo that has 4 slot. Slots 1 & 3, 2 & 4 are dual channel, now I have 2 512mb sticks in 1 & 3, my question is should I buy 4 1 gb or sticks 2 2gb sticks? I'm buying 240 pin 5300 (667) sticks, I can support a max of 4gb, now regardles of what I buy how should I put the sticks? Thanks for all the help
     
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    Why only PC5300? Surely your board supports higher? The price of PC5300 and PC6400 are practically identical and you'll see better performance with PC6400.
     
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    Sounds like your mainboard is rather old. I would recomend a pair of DDR2-800 or DDR2-1066 2GB sticks; you might be able to use them with your next board.
     
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    I'm not building anything new for a while but I'm pretty sure I can only have 4200 or 5300 my mobo is a: asus p5lp-le if anybody wants to check it out, I'm using it from an older media center pc I bought in 06. My pc is a m7250n from hp. I want no issues with this, simply because it's older. Thanks again
     
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    Xp sp3 media center ed 32 bit, but mods please close this thread, seeing as how my mobo is broken and I need a new one this is no longer of service to me, thanks all for your help
     
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    why is it broken?
     
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    its broken as my buddy came over and brought his dog, he used it as a chew toy.
     
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    ouch.
     
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    yah well at least it was just the mobo not the ram or cpu, anyways DDP can you close this thread, seeing as i made a new thread with my revamped situation, this one no longer needs 2 be open
     
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