Dual channel memory

***Sanchek*** · 11-15-2005

512x4 or 1024x2? Any performance difference either way?

Most of the info I can find says 2x is more stable and generally better than using 4x. Any dissenters before I order?

Briscoe · 11-16-2005

You're ordering one of the newer CAS Latency 2 Two gig kits that have come out recently? From reviews I've seen that seems to be the way to go. I'm itching to build a new system and that's the route I'm currently planning on going.

***Sanchek*** · 11-16-2005

It's DDR2. I can't find anything faster than CL3 in that. Am I missing it, or is that DDR?

Briscoe · 11-16-2005

My bad. I'm going Athlon X2 for my next box so I have DDR on the brain. I haven't been reading up on DDR2 at all. 1 Gig DDR DIMMs suffered from higher CAS latency than the 512's for a long time and new chips just coming out are finally catching up. I don't know if DDR 2 has the same 2 slots populated vs 4 slots populated issues or not.

Bylimet Spiritwalker · 11-16-2005

I have been running dual 1024's for a while now, and am quite happy.

***Sanchek*** · 11-17-2005

Weird. The cl3 memory came in 5-3-3-12, where the cl4 was 4-4-4-12. Either way, going from 1gb of the cl4 to 2gb of the cl3 has made a dramatic difference.

Also, I learned that you shouldn't put the memory in backwards. It gets hot.

Grift3r · 11-17-2005

I'm suprised it still works.

***Sanchek*** · 11-17-2005

I kinda was too.

The slot on DDR2 is just a couple pins off center. Working from a weird angle without good visibility, you can make it fit backwards way too easily.

11-15-2005	#1
*Sanchek* Administrator Joined: Jan 2001 Location: Atlanta Party: Independent Posts: 7,685 vCash: 900	Dual channel memory 512x4 or 1024x2? Any performance difference either way? Most of the info I can find says 2x is more stable and generally better than using 4x. Any dissenters before I order? Last edited by Sanchek; 11-15-2005 at 10:45 PM..

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Bylimet Spiritwalker Grey-haired gamer Joined: Jul 2003 Location: Minnesota Party: Independent Posts: 5,435 vCash: 0	I have been running dual 1024's for a while now, and am quite happy. __________________ Live like it matters!

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11-16-2005	#2
Briscoe Furious Forest Fawn Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 23 vCash: 1000	You're ordering one of the newer CAS Latency 2 Two gig kits that have come out recently? From reviews I've seen that seems to be the way to go. I'm itching to build a new system and that's the route I'm currently planning on going.

11-17-2005	#6
*Sanchek* Administrator Joined: Jan 2001 Location: Atlanta Party: Independent Posts: 7,685 vCash: 900	Weird. The cl3 memory came in 5-3-3-12, where the cl4 was 4-4-4-12. Either way, going from 1gb of the cl4 to 2gb of the cl3 has made a dramatic difference. Also, I learned that you shouldn't put the memory in backwards. It gets hot.

11-17-2005	#7
Grift3r <This space for rent> Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 509 vCash: 1000	I'm suprised it still works.

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