Which is the best way to go?

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tjr1973

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• Apr 28, 2004

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If you were going to build a computer with 2 Gigs of RAM, would you go with 2 One gigabyte sticks or 4 512 sticks? I'm talking about PC3200 DDR Ram too. Is one setup going to be quicker than the other. I'm thinking 4 512's but am not sure. Any info is appreciated.

 

Artyboy

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• Apr 28, 2004

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I think that 4 512s would be a little bit cheaper if nothing else.

 

NoteUser

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• Apr 28, 2004

• #3

Going the cheaper route has an impact on OC and I believe it's less efficient.

 

ou_phidelt

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• Apr 28, 2004

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The one gig chips would result in a faster system.

 

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Tatuya

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• Apr 28, 2004

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Can I ask why you want 2 GB period; not like anything needs it in terms of gaming, etc. Personally I'd go with the 2 1 GB sticks if you REALLY want a better system as two sticks=more efficient than 4 and so on.

 

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• Apr 29, 2004

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I'm guessing he is trying to link other computers together to equal a homemade supercomputer or folding/seti that requires a lot of power

 

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• Apr 29, 2004

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2 sticks of 1GB is more efficient than having 4 sticks of 512MB.

The 2 1GB would cost more than 4 512MB RAM.

I would go for the 2 1GB stick RAM.