Dual Channel to Triple Channel memeory

[Pycno]

Rokins, you can insert about any ram into your computer, if the ram sticks are of different speed then all sticks will reduce speed to match the speed of the slower stick. You should be able to insert any 2gb ddr3 stick into your computer, its unlikely that it will not work even if its not a kit. If three single sticks cost less then one kit of 3 pieces then go for the single sticks, there is no difference except packaging

[Rokins]

Rokins, you can insert about any ram into your computer, if the ram sticks are of different speed then all sticks will reduce speed to match the speed of the slower stick. You should be able to insert any 2gb ddr3 stick into your computer, its unlikely that it will not work even if its not a kit. If three single sticks cost less then one kit of 3 pieces then go for the single sticks, there is no difference except packaging

lol so totally ignore the other posters?

[MiRai]

lol so totally ignore the other posters?

While what everyone says in this thread can be true....I chose to give the easiest, least confusing, answer. Go ahead and throw some random stick of RAM into your third memory bank and see what happens. Be prepared to troubleshoot things and change BIOS settings if necessary. If you're not comfortable with doing all of that...buy one of the pre-made kits.

[Khemikal]

If you can, buy a single stick of what you already have. The triple channel set is the same as a dual set from the same company, minus the number of sticks in the package. So do some research and find a single 2gig stick of what you already have, and buy a third stick of it.

[Sam DeathWalker]

I ususaly slightly underclock my ram (use the 2T timeing instead of 1T).

Put in a stick then set your bios two levels below what the ram is supposed to be, it should start no matter what then run Sandra and find out all your timings then set to the worst in the bios.


Buying the same part number stick as the above poster explained is optimal though.