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I have the DFI Lanparty p35 and i have the
crucial ballistix tracers 2x1gb http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820148076
mushkin 2x2gb http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820146731

I realize that the speeds don;t matter but they have different voltages(crucial 2.2 and mushkin 1.8) so would i be able to run them in my board or should i just leave the mushkin in(btw i have 64-bit)

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You most likely have to either leave bios on auto or set up ram to compromised settings. i.e. the speed of the slowest stick.

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I wouldn't put them all in because of the different voltages. Your motherboard will probably land up putting 2.2 volts through all the chips and your 1.8volt chips are going to suffer.

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Probably going to be a problem here. Your PC most likely will not boot, you'll have to manually set the voltages, and timings to the highest voltage required and the slowest timings of the 2 sets before you install the Crucial.
I wouldn't reccomend this combination personally.

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It will work but is far from ideal. As others have said, you will have to juggle timings and voltages. It would be much better to get 2 sets with matching voltage and timings.


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k ill stick with the 2x2gb and probably get another set. thanks guys

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jpbg wrote :

I have the DFI Lanparty p35 and i have the
crucial ballistix tracers 2x1gb http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820148076
mushkin 2x2gb http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820146731

I realize that the speeds don;t matter but they have different voltages(crucial 2.2 and mushkin 1.8) so would i be able to run them in my board or should i just leave the mushkin in(btw i have 64-bit)





Yes it will run ! trust me . these noobs dont know what they are talking about. The Crucial Ballistix does not have to run at 2.2 v. That is only if you want to run it at 4-4-4-12 settings . Wich makes zero difference in FPS . I run my ballistix at 1.8v 5-5-5-15 wich is auto detect.


just use 5-5-5-15 and 1.8v on both sticks and youll be 100% fine. Theres is absolutely no difference in Fps even @ 3-3-4-10 timings wich the ballistix are able to run @ 2.1v . Ive never used my ballistix @ 2.2v because it works fine @ 1.8


Message edited by master9716 on 07-10-2008 at 04:25:34 AM
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I've never experienced this problem before, but I don't think too much damage could happen if you put in all 4 sticks onto your board (correct me if I'm wrong)


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