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Question about ram ?????
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Sun Jan 30, 2005 2:40 pmby Gary R.
I need some technical opinions or experiences here. What is better? To have 1 gig of ram in two 512 sticks in two different clips or to have a single 1 gig module in one clip??? Basically is it better to have the most ram in the fewest clips than to have an equal amount in smaller modules spread among separate clips???
Re: Question about ram ?????
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Sun Jan 30, 2005 5:11 pmby Gixer
Depends if you can dual channel it. This is somthing some mobos do. If you can Dual Channel get two sticks of 512, if you cant then just the one stick of 1gig will be fine.
Re: Question about ram ?????
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Sun Jan 30, 2005 7:28 pmby Gary R.
Well, I don't know about dual channeling or how to find out if my mobo does it. I currently have a 512 stick and two 256's. My mobo has 3 ram clips. Can support up to 3 gigs. I was just wondering if I would be better off trading the 2 256's in for a single 512 in that clip. I would like to learn about dual channeling and how to determine if my mobo has it though. I would like to learn how I can aquire advanced hardware education while still working 10 hours a day and being a husband and keeping a home going, lol. Time is the rarest and most valuable commodity. Thanks
Re: Question about ram ?????
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Mon Jan 31, 2005 1:37 amby Gixer
Ah thats easy!
When your woman decides to get all cuddly ;) tell her you got a headache and then you can go have a good read instead ;)
My old mobo that had my AMD XP2800 Barton CPU in it could dual channel. I had to put one stick of ram in the odd coloured ram slot and the other stick in either of the spare two (though I used the lowest number, i.e. slot1) Mine was an MSI K7n2 Delta ILSR mobo.
Did you get a book with your mobo? usually it states in the manual whether you can dual channel or not.
Re: Question about ram ?????
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Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:33 amby Gary R.
yes, I have that literature tucked away somewhere, I'll have to root around for it. Thanks a lot.
Re: Question about ram ?????
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Mon Jan 31, 2005 10:57 pmby the_autopilot
Well, I don't know about dual channeling or how to find out if my mobo does it. I currently have a 512 stick and two 256's. My mobo has 3 ram clips. Can support up to 3 gigs. I was just wondering if I would be better off trading the 2 256's in for a single 512 in that clip. I would like to learn about dual channeling and how to determine if my mobo has it though. I would like to learn how I can aquire advanced hardware education while still working 10 hours a day and being a husband and keeping a home going, lol. Time is the rarest and most valuable commodity. Thanks
Tell us your mobo and we can tel you.
Re: Question about ram ?????
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Tue Feb 01, 2005 1:29 amby Gixer
Its this one:
gigabyte vt600l k7 triton
Got it outta his sig ;D
Re: Question about ram ?????
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Sat Feb 05, 2005 9:54 pmby Hawkeye313
I'd guess that if you only have three slots, then it probably doesn't support dual channel. In that case go with the single stick. Make sure you read up in the manual though. Some motherboards are quirky and don't like certain memory configurations.
Re: Question about ram ?????
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Sun Feb 06, 2005 5:13 amby Gixer
three slots can still dual channel, just means you can only dual channel two slots and not use the thrid. Usually if it can dual channel on a three slot mobo one slot is a different colour to the other two.