Help Choosing Ram For New Board

[Mïcrösöül°V³]

this mobo runs dual channel DDR400. In order to take advantage of this feature, should i buy 2x256 sticks and fill the first two slots, or just buy one 512 stick and fill just one slot (mind you, there are 4 slots on this board, hence the 2 channels). i can only afford 512 at this time. which would be the best setup? thanks

[kaiweiler]

2X256 is slighty faster I believe
just because instead of draining a certain amount of memory all from one stick at one time, it is taking smaller amounts from two seperate places yet giving the same amount of memory total, thus putting less stress on it with 2x256 sticks
this is what I heard, and it makes sense to me, someone may say something else though

Kai

[peat moss]

YOU LUCKY BASTERD I wish 4 slots tho kool I always thought keep the speed the same your laffing> Buy the 512. That way when your going to 2gb' s and beyond your not trying to sell your two 256 pairs at a loss

[adamp2p]

It would really help to know where you live (what country, etc.) and what your budget is.

Your board is very powerful, and that is an understatement. What you should do is get some low latency DDR-400, preferably in a dual-channel configuration.

[ck-uk]

You have to have 2 seperate sticks mate or you wont get dual channel.Thats why your mem banks are divided in two channels.

[Spicker]

dual channel rules!

i hav Asus P4P8X

and i hav 2 sticks of PC2100 256ddr and the thing performs better than PC2700 its crazy dual channel rules!

[bigdawgfoxx]

Geil Daul Channel

And this is what I have Mushkin Dual Channel

I think the Geil would be fine and is 60 bux cheaper...so i would go for that

[abu_has_the_power]

r u ocing? if ur not, u shoudn't have bought that mobo. anyways, get mushkin/corsair/ocz/other stuff if ur ocing. i'd go with corsair. they take more punishment. my friend had my exact same ram, and his vdimm is up at 3.2. he did a vdimm mod to his mobo.

if ur not too underbudget, get corsair or mushkin

[Mïcrösöül°V³]

according to asus, geil and corsair dont support all 4 banks of dual channel, to have 2 pairs of dual channel. i think ill go with trancend 512, that way when i get a few more buck ill get another 512.

[bigdawgfoxx]

Originally posted by Mïcrösöül°V³@21 February 2004 - 11:07
according to asus, geil and corsair dont support all 4 banks of dual channel, to have 2 pairs of dual channel. i think ill go with trancend 512, that way when i get a few more buck ill get another 512.

hm...never heard of that.