Two types of ram?

[Mruniverce]

Can you load / put two different types of ram in your mobo, As in DDR2 8GB 2x4GB PC2-6400 and 2 4GB of pny p5800 ram together. Someone told me it would only recognize the lower ram. My specs are listed on Comp specs only difference is I have 8 GB of DDR2 PC2-6400 ram installed. Thanks.

[truenorth]

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Can_you_put_different_types_of_RAM_on_a_motherboard  truenorth

[kimsland]

Can you load / put two different types of ram in your mobo, As in DDR2 8GB 2x4GB PC2-6400 and 2 4GB of pny p5800 ram together. Someone told me it would only recognize the lower ram. My specs are listed on Comp specs only difference is I have 8 GB of DDR2 PC2-6400 ram installed. Thanks.

Nforce 780i SLI Motherboared
System memory support:
Supports dual channel DDR2 533/667/800, and up to 1200 MHz SLI-Ready
Memory. Supports up to 8 GBs DDR2 memory.

Your configuration of wanting 16Gig of Ram won't work anyway! (Max 8Gig)

Yes, if the Ram is compatible with your board's specifications the lowest speed Ram will be the entire speed of all your Ram cards installed

[Mruniverce]

ok thanks but what i do not understand is I have 8gb of ram installed and I still have 2 empty slots that I could put ram in, i guess thats for 2gb of ram per slot?.

[kimsland]

You cannot use the two empty slots, you already have the maximum Ram installed.
I suppose those slots (without reading the manual) are for users who put all 1Gig or all 2Gig Ram cards in, ie using all slots. (Up to 8Gig or less only)