4 x 1GB or 2 x 2GB - Page 2

drew and not u · September 11th, 2008

I would go with the fastest your board can support. Be it 1066 or 1200.

RangerXLT8 · September 13th, 2008

I can tell you from experience that 2 x 2gb is the better all around choice.

I am only going to say this one time and I will get to my point, it's really your decision if you buy DDR2 or 3 but I'm using a hybrid board that supports DDR2 and DDR3, it cost a mere 150.00 months ago: go for DDR3, when nehalem(socket 1366) comes out in a few months, the enthusiast level motherboards have 6 memory slots and can run in TRIPLE channel.

2GB modules are the way to go because the more memory modules you have in the board, the more strain on the memory controller which might limit OCing ect. Think ahead, right now Crysis takes 4GB of memory to run smoothly on high.

linuxcrazy · September 13th, 2008

Sadly I built this thing about 6 months ago. At the time I saw no need for 2 GB but then realized BF2 and Vista don't play nice with 2 GB. I was forced to buy another two sticks and therefore run 4 x 1 GB. I haven't really had issues with OC'ing but I think if I had 2 x 2 GB I could go a tad higher. Of course I'm happy with what I have; I have OC'd quite a bit and my benchmarks are above average in my configuration.

In another 6 months/year from now I'll probably just buy two sticks of 4 GB DDR3, as I have a hybrid board.

Dr. V · September 13th, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by polobunny

That's not true.

Well it used to be

**Hitman** · September 14th, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by [Dr. V]

Well it used to be

No it hasn't, not in 20 years of messing with computers has that ever been the case.

RangerXLT8 · September 14th, 2008

One more thing, I'm led to believe that 4 sticks draw more power then 2 which puts a strain on the memory controller power circuity. 4 sticks will also give off more heat.

Bokranator · September 14th, 2008

Hmm i have 2x1gb corsair xms2 sticks but i want that elusive 4gb i dont know if i should get the 4gb corsair kit 5-5-5-18 or another 2gb 4-4-4-12 as i only have £350 to spend on cpu/mobo/gpu/power [my budget came to £309 otherwise leaving £41 extras i.e. ram upgrade]

Dr. V · September 14th, 2008

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Originally Posted by Hitman

No it hasn't, not in 20 years of messing with computers has that ever been the case.

Really?

I've noticed differences when messing around with DDR RAM.

Regardless, it isn't the case as of now, so 2x2GB is the way to go.

September 11th, 2008	#11
drew and not u 4GHz or Bust Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: A different kind of Green Computing Posts: 2,174	Re: 4 x 1GB or 2 x 2GB I would go with the fastest your board can support. Be it 1066 or 1200.

September 13th, 2008	#12
RangerXLT8 Worker Ant Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 984	Re: 4 x 1GB or 2 x 2GB I can tell you from experience that 2 x 2gb is the better all around choice. I am only going to say this one time and I will get to my point, it's really your decision if you buy DDR2 or 3 but I'm using a hybrid board that supports DDR2 and DDR3, it cost a mere 150.00 months ago: go for DDR3, when nehalem(socket 1366) comes out in a few months, the enthusiast level motherboards have 6 memory slots and can run in TRIPLE channel. 2GB modules are the way to go because the more memory modules you have in the board, the more strain on the memory controller which might limit OCing ect. Think ahead, right now Crysis takes 4GB of memory to run smoothly on high. Quad Core Xeon 3210@3.296ghz GA-EP35C-DS3R 466FSB x 7 -- 60mm Delta fan on NB 2x2gb Patriot Viper DDR3-1333@1400MHz 7-7-7-20 1.7v Sapphire HD4870 512mb GDDR5 770/1100 2x Raptor 150 ADFD RAID 0--WD320YS RE 16mb Storage Samsung Super WriteMaster SATA 20x DL DVDRW X-Fi eXtremeGamer w\Logitech Z-2300 Silverstone Olympia 650w 54A 12v Rail @50C DangerDen Torture Rack--MC-TDX CPU block--Black Ice GTX240 w\Delta Tri-blade low speed fans--MCP355 Rev 2--Swiftech MicroRes--Tygon 3603 3/8"ID Logitech G5 - Logitech LX-710 wireless KB Vista Ultimate x64 SP1

September 13th, 2008	#13
linuxcrazy Linuxlubber Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Linuxland Posts: 213 Blog Entries: 1	Re: 4 x 1GB or 2 x 2GB Sadly I built this thing about 6 months ago. At the time I saw no need for 2 GB but then realized BF2 and Vista don't play nice with 2 GB. I was forced to buy another two sticks and therefore run 4 x 1 GB. I haven't really had issues with OC'ing but I think if I had 2 x 2 GB I could go a tad higher. Of course I'm happy with what I have; I have OC'd quite a bit and my benchmarks are above average in my configuration. In another 6 months/year from now I'll probably just buy two sticks of 4 GB DDR3, as I have a hybrid board.

September 14th, 2008	#16
RangerXLT8 Worker Ant Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 984	Re: 4 x 1GB or 2 x 2GB One more thing, I'm led to believe that 4 sticks draw more power then 2 which puts a strain on the memory controller power circuity. 4 sticks will also give off more heat. Quad Core Xeon 3210@3.296ghz GA-EP35C-DS3R 466FSB x 7 -- 60mm Delta fan on NB 2x2gb Patriot Viper DDR3-1333@1400MHz 7-7-7-20 1.7v Sapphire HD4870 512mb GDDR5 770/1100 2x Raptor 150 ADFD RAID 0--WD320YS RE 16mb Storage Samsung Super WriteMaster SATA 20x DL DVDRW X-Fi eXtremeGamer w\Logitech Z-2300 Silverstone Olympia 650w 54A 12v Rail @50C DangerDen Torture Rack--MC-TDX CPU block--Black Ice GTX240 w\Delta Tri-blade low speed fans--MCP355 Rev 2--Swiftech MicroRes--Tygon 3603 3/8"ID Logitech G5 - Logitech LX-710 wireless KB Vista Ultimate x64 SP1

September 14th, 2008	#17
Bokranator Hmm ... Interesting Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 288	Re: 4 x 1GB or 2 x 2GB Hmm i have 2x1gb corsair xms2 sticks but i want that elusive 4gb i dont know if i should get the 4gb corsair kit 5-5-5-18 or another 2gb 4-4-4-12 as i only have £350 to spend on cpu/mobo/gpu/power [my budget came to £309 otherwise leaving £41 extras i.e. ram upgrade] Project Luxray Complete