Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (929 mails)

[george olson <grglsn765@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 08/29/2011 11:33 PM, Tejas Guruswamy wrote:
> A couple of points worked in your favour:
>
> Different memory types (SDR, DDR, DDR2, DDR3 ...) are keyed 
> differently - that is, they have physically different slots. So if it 
> fits without forcing into your MB, it's the right type.
>
> Also, memory speeds don't have to match. If you have multiple 
> mismatching sticks on your mobo, they all run at the speed of the 
> slowest. Hence the usual recommendation to buy matching ram speeds, 
> but it's not necessary.

Ah, cool! I didn't know that - I thought they always had to be matching 
speeds. I am learning a lot through all this!

> And if you stick with generic consumer RAM and consumer mobo's (no 
> ECC, no crazy timing settings), you are very unlikely to encounter 
> brand incompatibilities.
>
> So if it fits in the slot, it'll probably work ;) the benefits of 
> standardization ...
>
> Regards,
> Tejas

Thanks again!
--
To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxx
For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@xxxxxxxxxxxx