Need advice on RAM.

I have two 512 sticks of dual channel ddr3200. I have a ddr2700 512 stick and a ddr2700 256 stick laying around, and was looking to improve my systems performance. I know adding the 2700 sticks will drop the 3200's speed, and dual channel mode wont work anymore.

Would i get better gaming performance with the 1.7 Gigs of ram, or should i stick with the 1 gig of dual channel 3200?

768 more ram vs dual channel and clockspeed

 

id stick with the 1 gig 3200, for the moment you wont see THAT much of a difference from using that extra ram. And yes, the dual channel is a plus too

 

Would also like to add that i play some pretty system intense games, such as battlefield 2 and Elder Scrolls 4 : Oblivion.

 

if you have the time and its that big of a deal to you, experiment on different combinations of the ram until you find what works the best

 

I'm about to twiddle w the RAM timings here are 2 good links:

http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/01/04/bios_from_a_to_z/

http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=320351

Read first for the principles

 

surely a few beers and abit of natural mind lag would make everyones pc seem faster each evening ?

 

LOL, and as you slowly sink towards the abyss after many not only does it seem faster but it can also talk to you and do many strange things.