2x2GB sticks or 1 4GB stick????

[slick2004]

would 1 stick of 4GB be faster than 2 sticks of 2 gb???

 

[MrWizzard]

Your splitting hairs.

Just get the 4 so at some point if you want to go to 8GB you can.

 

[darkware]

Wait,

You mean, having just one stick vs. having two?

Why wouldn't you want the two so you could run in Dual-Channel mode?

 

[slick2004]

i thought so but i just wanted to be sure about the dual channel,,,,thx

 

[taltamir]

dual chanel makes 2 sticks faster than 1 stick.

 

[corkyg]

Correct! Go 2 sticks and dual channel.

 

[Emulex]

get 1 stick and 1 more later. trust me you will regret replacing them later.

 

[Veliko]

Has anyone ever done their own benchmark for 1 stick vs 2 sticks? How much actual difference does it make?

 

[MrWizzard]

Has anyone ever done their own benchmark for 1 stick vs 2 sticks? How much actual difference does it make?

You can find them on the web. It really does not make that big of a difference.

Here is a old bench but you can see, not much difference.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/PARALLEL-PROCESSING,1705-11.html