Dual Channel

[Merlin4458]

My mate has 1 512 stick of corsair 3200 XMSXLPRO and only has 3 slots, if he wanted to add some more ram, would u recommend buying 2 more 512 sticks or 1 gig stick and another 512 stick? What that influence speed which ever path he took?

thanks

[Nox]

Depends if his motherboard will support 1gb sticks, and what he wants to do with it - 512mb sticks oc better.

Nox

[Nox]

and if the mobo has 3 dimm slots, its not a dual channel mobo so ignore that bit.

Nox

[sawyen]

and if the mobo has 3 dimm slots, its not a dual channel mobo so ignore that bit.

Nox

Not entirely, Nforce 2 boards have 3 slots and dual channel happens in DIMM 1 and 3. I have one running at home.. Get 2 x 512 sticks.. should eliminate any problems relating to compatibility and will allow you to clock better at 1:1.

2GB is abit overrated, I only need 4 slots filled when I play BF2 and running some workstation programs.. other programs really see negligible difference.