Can I use different ram in my computer DDR3 1333MHz or ????

silverpuma

Hi all, I need some advice, I'm upgrading an old computer and one job is to replace or upgrade the ram (see highlighted below)  I pulled out a stick and on the ram it says...."CORSAIR: 370311 10050753 CMV4GX3M2A1333C9"  in addition to what was on the invoice shown in blue below.

Old PC Specs:

Antec TriCool Fan - 120mm
320GB Western Digital Caviar Blue 3.5" Hard Disk Drive
500W Silverpower By Seasonic SP-SS500 Power Supply
Xigmatek Asgard ATX Mid Tower Case
2 x XFX Radeon HD 4350 Low Profile 1GB
Corsair ValueSelect 4GB DDR3 1333MHz Dual Channel
AMD Athlon II X4 620 Quad Core CPU
Gigabyte GA-MA785GT-UD3H AM3 Motherboard

I could buy another 2 x 2GB sticks of my current ram and then have 4 x 2GB sticks of 1333MHz.....but.....and this is my question, would it be ok taking into account my PC specs above to go to a better ram?  

For example 4 x 2GB of DDR3 ????MHz dual channel or am I stuck with DDR3 1333MHz?

Any advice appreciated.....

DavidG1

Getting a higher specced RAM would be a waste of time if you intended running it with the old RAM as the system would probably run at the speed of the slower RAM.
I really wouldn't spend too much on upgrading this old machine, also you are going to get only a small benefit from upgrading the 4GB RAM.

silverpuma

Thanks for the answer, but I think I may have been unclear in my original question.  It's not that I would put
2 x 2gb of higher spec ram alongside the current 2 x 2gb 1333mhz ram.  

So the difference is between 4 x 2gb of 1333mhz (8gb in total) and 4 x 2g of higher spec ram (8gb in total).

DavidG1

I doubt if it is worth replacing with 8GB RAM of higher spec. There would be an small improvement, but not significant - if you can find second hand RAM it may be a better choice

silverpuma

DavidG1,  I would buy the ram higher spec ram on ebay or Cex so it would be used.  If I did decide to do this what higher MHz would be compatible with my PC specs in my original post?  I'm not very techy with these things.....

DavidG1

Here is a link to the motherboard specifications
GA-MA785GT-UD3H (rev. 1.0) | Motherboard - GIGABYTE Global
DDR3 1800  is supported with combination of AM3 processors and qualified memory modules, please refer "Memory Support List" for detail memory support information, otherwise it defaults to DDR1600. So unless you are considering changing the CPU to an AM3 and using certified memory modules then the best speed you would get is DDR3 1600. You would not notice any difference in performance with that upgrade though.

Greg Hook

There is no reason at all to change the memory to a higher speed one. With your spec of computer you will notice no difference.

silverpuma

That's what I needed to know......thanks to both of you