Single stix o 1gig?

masterwoot

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What's the deal w/ single sticks of ram? If i needed lots o ram (and i do), then would 2 stix of 1gig be better/worse than 4 stix of 512mb??

that is, i've heard that 1gig stix can be "slow"

anyone w/ experience in this?? links?? my efforts have been futile so far.

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Your efforts in what? You are running a NF7-S, so you want 2 sticks of 1 gig, because the NF7-S only has 3 dimm slots and can only run 3200 in dual channel in 2 slots.

 

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my efforts in research online

 

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There is only two things you can do.

1. Keep your 2 sticks of 512 and buy a 1 gig stick but not have dual channel.

2. Sell your 2 sticks of 512 and buy 2 x 1 gig and have dual channel.

 

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i don't know what i'll put em in yet or what i'll do.
the nf7, for example, would be best suited w/ 2 sticks of 1gig to max out ram and performance--i'd think. and from what i've read, most nf2 boards do dual channel only in 2 dimms

 

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btw, this is for another comp

 

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so have you heard if 1gig stix are slower? are 2x1gb slower than 2x512mb??? i'd hope not but i dunno

 

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In general 1gb sticks have much higher latencies

 

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Jeff7477 said:

There is only two things you can do.

1. Keep your 2 sticks of 512 and buy a 1 gig stick but not have dual channel.

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thats a negative jeff.

actually, if you bought another 1gig stick and put it in with the other 2x512 on a different channel, the NF7 WILL run it in dual channel, but only at 333ddr/166fsb speeds.

 

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so if i'm putting together a gaming server, like for BFvietnam, which would i want:
1. 2x512MB ddr333 2-2-2
2. 3x512MB ddr333 2-2-2
3. 4x512MB ddr333 2-2-2 (like on a gainward GA-7N400PRO2 )
4. 2x1GB ddr333 2.5-3-3
5. 3x1GB ddr333 2.5-3-3 ???

thnx