lets say i have a random motherboard that supports up to 4 DDR2 DIMM,
lets say i want to buy 4 gigz of RAM

what would be better if I buy
A 2 times 2 Gigz, or
B 4 times 1 Gig of RAM
and why do you have chosen for option A or option B

Thanks in advanced

<chronicboy11@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I would choose the cheapest option.

Just because the mother board will hold four DDR2s does not necessarily mean
that it will hold 4 1 gig. DDR2s, it may be limited to 512M chipsets.

chronicboy11@hotmail.com wrote:
The earlier tests on DDR2, showed virtually no difference between
running two sticks and running four sticks. For example, on
Anandtech, they didn't have to change CAS, to make the memory
run properly. There were only minor differences in timing.

Every motherboard is different in this regard -

1) Some only run properly, using the latest BIOS.
2) Some seem to have problems with 4GB or 8GB installed.
Bumping Vdimm or Vnb, sometimes helps in the transition from
three sticks to four sticks.
3) Memory is now available, at much higher speeds than the
original Anandtech bus loading tests. At the higher speeds,
there are fewer guarantees that four sticks will work as well.
Just because a memory says "DDR2-1066", doesn't mean it
will work at that speed in all motherboards. You may have
to accept a lower operating speed.

If the memory is being run at one of the higher speeds, I'd
probably buy the 2x2GB setup.

Paul

On Jun 4, 5:21 pm, Paul <nos...@needed.com> wrote:
Thanks for the help i really appreciate it.
I'm very crazy with pc and have to know the full knowhow what is
better and what can increase performance. :d

On Jun 6, 9:34*am, chronicbo...@hotmail.com wrote:
Memory is the most important - even more critical than the type of
processor - parameter!

Having enough memory ensures that you probably will never have to use
hard-disk space as "virtual" memory, called swap-file or page-filing.
Using the hard-drive as memory results in more frequent and severe
fragmentation. I recently defraged a laptop that was T H I R T Y - F
O U R P E R C E N T fragmented! You read that right - 34%.

Over time, even with running defrag, the operating system will become
corrupted and the computer will die a slow horrible death due to
depleted/insufficient resources. Having sufficient memory also speeds
up boot-up and how quickly programs start running.

-CC