How to tell duel channel

Phippsp · 01-29-2005, 05:29 PM

Ok heres a pretty stuipied post once again. But was just wondering some of the Memory names say Duel Channel in the. Now just because it dosen't say duel channel does that mean its not duel channel. Or is there something I can look for in the specs of the memory to tell duel channel or not duel channeled. Dual Pack just means 2 sticks right?

**Cromewell** · 01-29-2005, 05:35 PM

yes it only means it is a 'matched' pair, you can just as easily match any 2 other sticks of same size RAM

schmeggin · 01-31-2005, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Cromewell

yes it only means it is a 'matched' pair, you can just as easily match any 2 other sticks of same size RAM

Yes. Matched pair is the way to go. Many manufacturers will sell them in pairs. They really need to be the same capacity (MBs) and speed (3200 or whatever) and come from the same manufacturer.

Once installed, you can look at the bios to see which mode the memory is running in.

**Cromewell** · 01-31-2005, 02:58 AM

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Yes. Matched pair is the way to go.

that's not quite what I said, you can usually buy 'unmatched' sticks ram and match them yourself for cheaper than buying a pre-matched pair aka Dual Channel Kit

**Praetor** · 02-02-2005, 08:30 PM

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They really need to be the same capacity (MBs) and speed (3200 or whatever) and come from the same manufacturer.

They also need to be able to run the same timings...

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