Worth upgrading to 4gb Ram?

[Sierro]

I... don't know? I guess not?

I haven't done any hardware stuff for nearly 3 years, so this is a whole new system I'm going to get.

[Blitzen]

I'm wondering what to do about this also. Building a new PC, 2x1Gb costs around £40-45 but 2x2Gb pushes the price up to £150+!

So get 4 x 1gb then.
There isnt a performance hit but lets not get into that again as thats been done to death.

[DougMcDonald]

I would have thought the only difference is that if you have all slots filled and want more than 4GB then some of your sticks become redundant as you would need to replace 1GB sticks with 2Gb sticks.

Rather than 2x2GB where if you wanted more, you could just get more sticks for the empty slots.

[Sierro]

Ok well that's decided then and saved me some money, cheers guys! (How do you thank on this thing?)

[Blitzen]

Ok well that's decided then and saved me some money, cheers guys! (How do you thank on this thing?)

Press the 'Thank User' Button on the right (near the edit button)

[Sierro]

I can't see it, does it only get activated at a certain post count?

[DougMcDonald]

It appears to the right of the particular post you want to thank, it won't appear on any posts you've made yourself.

[Sierro]

Nope definitely not there

[Agent]

So get 4 x 1gb then.
There isnt a performance hit but lets not get into that again as thats been done to death.

It depends on the system. Many will need to back off on timings on the RAM. The affect this has on real world peformace though is debatable

More importantly, 4 sticks can hinder overclocking!

[TooNice]

Are motherboards these days reasonably happy with all DIMM filled then?

Say you have the choice between 4x1 PC8500 (Crucial Ballistix) or 2x2 PC8000 (G.Skills).

[DougMcDonald]

Don't see why 4 slots filled would affect overclocking, can you offer any more info/evidence of this?

[Chemical_Ali]

u can buy a-data2 ddr2 6400 4GB memory from Komplett.co.uk for only £99.01

[chuckskull]

680 and 650i boards have a little trouble with using all four dimms, some need to be run at 667mhz. Some people have had success running faster. There seem to be a lot of factors. If you can afford 2x2GB, then get that, if you're on a budget get 4x1GB and expect to spend 5mins in the BIOS.

[Sierro]

u can buy a-data2 ddr2 6400 4GB memory from Komplett.co.uk for only £99.01

I've not heard of that brand, any good? Usually stick to Crucial or Geil or whatever.

[Chemical_Ali]

I've not heard of that brand, any good? Usually stick to Crucial or Geil or whatever.

i found the a-data2 2gb review though and they did really well so i bought the 4gb instead and they do the job great! hadveno prblems with vista 64bit and asus mobo.

techPowerUp! Review :: A-DATA DDR2 1066+ 2 GB Kit :: Page 3 / 3

[Blitzen]

I know its no thtat much but i run 4 dimms and they are all at 700mhz and fine with no volt increase.

Unless you want a HUGE overclock there will be no performance hit.