2x512 MB or 1x1GB?

[Quaay]

Hey all.. i'm about to do some upgrades on my computer, RAM is one of them... i was wondering whether it mattered ifI got 2 sticks of 512 Mb RAM or 1 Stick of 1 Gb RAM... apart from the obvious benefit of 1 Gb takin up less room....

Thanks

 

[The_Other_One]

It really depends on what your system is capable of. If it can use duel channel memory, you'd definetly want two 512MBs.

 

[Quaay]

okay... well ive never really understood Dual channel.... All I konw is I'm getting a K8NF9 Ultra Mother Board... AMD 64 3700+ CPU a 6600GT and that... I think the RAM is just DDR 400... thats not dual channel aye?

 

[mrjack]

Most modern motherboards (manufactured year 2003 to the present) are usually capable of dual channeling.

 

[Geoff]

Socket 754 motherboards dont support dual-channel, where as socket 939 boards do. If you have a socket 939, i would get 2x 512MB sticks.


-Geoff

 

[magicman]

Taken from here, your motherboard does support dual channel, so in that case definately 2x512MB. I think if you get a kit of two dual channel modules, they are tested together before they're boxed, so you can be sure they're stable.