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should I dual channel my memory or not?
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 5:05 am
by Tsakali_
what's best for an office computer type of usage? wouldn't a gig of ram fair better with multitasking between light processing programs, instead of 2x512 dual settup? no video gaming is going to take place
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 5:16 am
by FragaGeddon
dual channel should be a bit quicker since it splits ram data to the two, instead of filling up one first, then the other.
I could be wrong though.
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 5:52 am
by AmIdYfReAk
Frag is right,
i would jump allover it, you wills ee it in everyday use.
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:05 am
by Grudge
You mean 1x1GB versus 2x512MB in dual channel?
2x512MB is of course the best choice, why would there be any benefit of 1x1GB? It's still 1GB.
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:22 am
by SplishSplash
There is absolutely no benefit at all to a single-channel RAM setup. All you're doing is cutting your RAM transfer speed in half.
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 1:15 pm
by Foo
The only benefit that I can see of a single stick setup is to allow expandability in the near future. But even then, it's recommended that you buy dual-channel pairs at the same time, so buying two 1-Gb sticks seperately still might not net you a 2Gb dual-channel setup.
Definitely go for dual if feasible. Memory's cheap now, dual 2Gb isn't much more....