recomended memory bank filing

[est89]

Hi:

I want to upgrade my computer, and I see the mother IN73-HD, yhat have 2 memory bank; and I want to buy 2 Gb memory
The question is:

What is recomended: to buy 1 bank of 2 Gb (and then in the future up to 4Gb), or 2 banks of 1 Gb each ? Someone said to me that dual core processors work much better when 2 banks of memory are filing... is this true ?

Thanks in advance

[hokiealumnus]

The vast majority of the time, you want to fill two like-colored slots with identical sticks of memory to facilitate dual-channel operation. However, your board does not support dual-channel, so it doesn't matter for your application. FWIW, it's always best to buy as much memory as you plan on installing all at the same time. Adding memory down the road (possibly with different ICs, even with the same make/model) can cause troubles and will at least require some extra tweaking in BIOS.

[psyman88]

The vast majority of the time, you want to fill two like-colored slots with identical sticks of memory to facilitate dual-channel operation. However, your board does not support dual-channel, so it doesn't matter for your application. FWIW, it's always best to buy as much memory as you plan on installing all at the same time. Adding memory down the road (possibly with different ICs, even with the same make/model) can cause troubles and will at least require some extra tweaking in BIOS.

yes this is right but i have never had a problem with addling memory at a later date as long as the modules were on seperate channels, which on that board they have to be as it doesnt suport dual channel

[est89]

OK, it's clear now

Thanks to both !

Regards
Ernesto