What is the difference between 5300 and 6400 ram

You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Thread starter kandor Start date Mar 6, Joined Aug 24, Messages Is it worthwhile to spend extra money on pc ram versus pc ram? Is there some sort of average percentage point influence on system speed?

Joined Sep 17, Messages 1, But faster is always better! Joined Feb 15, Messages In most cases they are the exact same ram, on tested at fsb and one at fsb Search Everywhere Threads This forum This thread. Search titles only. Search Advanced search….

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Previous Next Sort by votes. You can use PC , but it will run at PC speeds. It might offer better timings, but the effect on performance will be next to nothing. PC2 - is backward-compatible for PC2 Your computer will work just fine if you install the faster RAM. It will simply run at the slower Mhz speed. Your motherboard will recognize those faster RAM sticks as being compatible because they are and allow the system to boot up and operate normally after you install them.

Select memory from the column on the left, and look at the very top right. It will tell you how much RAM you have and what type it is. In the screenshot below, you can see that the system is running DDR3. Graphics cards include their own memory, so games aren't majorly affected by system RAM speed.

What does pc2 mean? Category: technology and computing laptops. What is pc1 and pc2? Does pc2 mean ddr2? Is the brand of the memory matter? There are so many brands out there and nowadays, it cost almost the same.

Thanks you guys I just found out that there is memory specify them as dual channel like the examples you gave me. I guess you could, but for optimum performance, you're really going to want to buy matched pairs of memory, that is, two sticks of RAM in the same package or kit. Matched pairs of RAM are tested and benchmarked together prior to leaving the manufacturer, so they are known to be compatible and will provide a much better user experience.