I just made a dumb mistake ordering RAM for a client build.
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No noticable difference at all, but it obviously benches more. Different IMCs will differ, I suppose.
Depending on the client's knowledge of PCs he may be a little peeved, though
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I've just had 1 ram stick die on me so i'm running 1x2gb now, and I notice no difference.
Depending on the client's knowledge of PCs he may be a little peeved, though
I've just had 1 ram stick die on me so i'm running 1x2gb now, and I notice no difference.
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There is a big difference in single vs. dual channel memory in performance.
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Most programs will load all into 4 gigs of ram so performance difference will be non-noticeable.
If your client has programs that use more than 4 gigs than I believe Dual channel kits are a little faster accessing the pagefile, or some such program loading / offloading.
Leaves room for future upgrade? 6 gigs is the new 4 these days, 8 gigs will be the norm soon enough.
If your client has programs that use more than 4 gigs than I believe Dual channel kits are a little faster accessing the pagefile, or some such program loading / offloading.
Leaves room for future upgrade? 6 gigs is the new 4 these days, 8 gigs will be the norm soon enough.
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The system will be slower in single then dual. Trust me. I'm a 28yrs computer tech.
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I can see the difference between single vs. dual.
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I can see the difference between single vs. dual.
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Pretty sure you can cancel items with amazon as long as it isn't processing yet.
Cancel that stick and get a dual kit.
Cancel that stick and get a dual kit.
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Ya do this, also if you JUST made the purchase (within 24 hours) you may simply be able to Change the order, saving you time.
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Originally Posted by blackbalt89  Pretty sure you can cancel items with amazon as long as it isn't processing yet. Cancel that stick and get a dual kit. |
Ya do this, also if you JUST made the purchase (within 24 hours) you may simply be able to Change the order, saving you time.
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Plus with 1 stick you can sometimes get tighter timings (my 1 stick is runing at C6 @ 1600mhz whereas with 2 I couldn't get below 8). But tbh this doesn't make much difference either.
The difference is minimal, even in some benchmarks. Unless they do anything that requires raw bandwidth (video editing etc) I can assure you there is no qualitative difference.
Plus with 1 stick you can sometimes get tighter timings (my 1 stick is runing at C6 @ 1600mhz whereas with 2 I couldn't get below 8). But tbh this doesn't make much difference either.
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LOL.But if talking about GPU, FPS matter so much to a lot of people. While in gameplay, They have no idea how much FPS they're getting.
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This doesn't end well, in my experience.
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The reason why this happens is just like RAID. It can read and write off both sticks at the same time I/O wise. This allows lets say 200MB of data to be on each stick and should double the amount of channels it can I/O on (Dual Channel). While most programs will essentially only use one stick of ram and doesn't load more than 1000Mb/s off the stick it wont have a huge impact. HowEVER during gaming (RTS pathfinding), encoding and those sort of applications it will have an impact scaling to the amount of data being moved, shifted, addressed, deleted and what not.
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I've only seen Duckie wrong once out of like 10k posts lol.
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The truth is, Nobody cares about some other people's Rig. Whether they put a single, Dual or triple channel. They will always say that there is no significant difference. But none of these people will buy a single channel RAM no matter how cheap it is. If it does not have a difference, What's the reason you have Dual and triple channel on your system? Because it sounds better?
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however I am well aware that such an increase is only about 2% in real-world improvements.
To clients; final cost is the most important thing, therefore I sacrifice performance.
I also build machines to sell for cash, end cost is what matters. Single channel RAM is sometimes more cost effective. Buy a dual channel kit and use it on two computers.
Because it is my money and I don't care to save money in light of performance
however I am well aware that such an increase is only about 2% in real-world improvements.
To clients; final cost is the most important thing, therefore I sacrifice performance.
I also build machines to sell for cash, end cost is what matters. Single channel RAM is sometimes more cost effective. Buy a dual channel kit and use it on two computers.
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