dual channel ram?
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Name: devils6889
Date: September 3, 2004 at 09:46:16 Pacific
Subject: dual channel ram?OS: xp homeCPU/Ram: p4 |
Comment: ok. I have a dell dimension 4600. Right now i have two sticks of 128 mb ram. I wish to add 512 mb or ram. Should i get one stick of 512 or 2x256? does it make any difference? I rather get 1x512 because the comp only has 4 slots for ram. But i heard of this dual channel thing i didnt know if it applies in this situation or what it is. Thanks ________________________
Pentium 4 2.66 Ghz
533 Mhz Front-Side Bus
256 Mb PC2700 RAM
64 Mb Nvidia Geforce MX 440 w/ AGP 8x
SoundMax Integrated Audio
40 Gb Hard Drive
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Name: Stu.B
Date: September 3, 2004 at 13:09:27 Pacific
Subject: dual channel ram? |
Reply: (edit)I'd say 1 stick of 512mb. If its the same speed it'll run in dual channel still right? Radeon 9800 Pro 128Mb
AMD Barton 2800
Asus A7N8X E-Deluxe
512 DDRAM PC2700
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Name: Fishystix
Date: September 3, 2004 at 20:02:53 Pacific
Subject: dual channel ram? |
Reply: (edit)Acutally, you need to fill all of the corresponding slots for dual channel mode. So if one slot is occupied in channel 1 then only 1, no more no less, must be occupied in channel 2. Same goes with occuping 2 slots. However, some motherboards will utilize one slot in a channel for dual channel mode even with 4 slots. This also depends on whether you have dual channel mode.
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