will 4x52mb work

[user1453]

As the title suggests I'm woundering if 4x512mb sticks, two matched pairs (different manufacrotors) will work

s939 3000
dfi NF4 SLI-dr

will it work and will it overclock?

[Yellowbeard]

The only wat to know for sure is to try it. In many cases you can mix different brands/revisions/IC types. However, it is not the best method as you may get instability or possibly not even be able to boot.

Due to the added latency and load on the memory controller, 4 DIMMs will typically not OC as well as 2. However, just like the mixing portion, the OCing portion will be a case of trial and error.

[user1453]

in that case would you say it is not worth upgrading ddr at the moment, and waiting until i get a new system using ddr2/3?

[jackvdbuk]

well if u have 512mb/1gb at tho mo, then id say no... ddr3? lol i dotn even kno if theres a due date for that! but DDR2 is very expensive at tho mo so if u can hold on upgrade later. but also alot of people are sellign their ddr for ddr2, so its up to u what ya wanan do..

[user1453]

just asking cos I'm about to get a 3700 939

[manwithnoname]

There a bit of a discussion 4x512MB vs 2x1GB here
http://forums.hexus.net/showthread.php?t=92131

If you need 2GB, do you have 2x512MB at the moment?
Can you try before you buy the other 2x512MB?

In 'theory' 4x512MB should work, so there a chance they will not work.
May be considered selling the 2x512MB to buy 2x1GB, unless you have money to burn get value ram, you can still overclock your CPU without overclock your memory - the general impression I get from web sites, if your play games, is faster video card before faster ram.

EDIT: Unless the 3700 939 you are getting is real cheap, it still might be more advisable to upgrade your video card instead

[user1453]

thanks for the replies, I'll hold off on the ram then, currently got 1gb which should oc to ddr 500