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5/1/10 at 4:24pm
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i was wondering if anyone can tell me what the difference is between quad channel 8gb kits and dual channel 8gb kits? any help would be very appreciated thanks
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post #2 of 14
5/1/10 at 4:26pm
no difference since quad channel doesn't even exist, just marketing. But ones marketed as quad channel might be 4 sticks which will be way cheaper than 2 sticks.
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5/1/10 at 4:26pm
marketing gimmick
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5/1/10 at 4:26pm
could you link to one of these supposed "quad channel" kits please? to my knowledge you can only get up to triple.
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5/1/10 at 7:46pm
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...hannel&x=0&y=0

but i am getting this set of "quad channel" memory, i figured it was just a marketing thing.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-380-_-Product
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No such thing as quad channel RAM in current desktop systems.

Its just 2 dual channel kits, and will run in dual channel.
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5/1/10 at 7:50pm
OHk people, isn't there quad channel support on dual processor systems already.... ? Hello....

EDIT:


Quick link:
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=300820
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5/1/10 at 8:05pm
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OHk people, isn't there quad channel support on dual processor systems already.... ? Hello....

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Quick link:
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=300820
Yeah but the newegg links listed say "desktop memory"...if it said server memory, well ok, that might ve been true.
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5/1/10 at 8:09pm
depends if it's a 2x4GB kit or 4x2GB kit. but other than that there is no difference.
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post #10 of 14
5/3/10 at 12:39pm
Simple.

1 stick, single channel
2 sticks, dual channel
3 sticks, triple channel
4 sticks, quad channel
6 sticks, hex channel

What it actually is, is the number of modules necessary to run the motherboard channels. One stick you can only operate single channel, two sticks you can operate dual, 4 sticks you can operate 2 dual channels, etc. etc. It is confusing, but not really a marketing scheme as there is no real benefit in listing it this way...
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