Disadvantages of one 256mb stick over two 128mb sticks?

[MikeO]

We're speaking about ram here

Is there ANY disadvantages in this? It costs a bit more, but not enough to bother me. Any difference in performance.. stability.. oc'ing... anything you can come up with! I'm going with Kingmax sticks, I've heard they oc without probs.

 

[badguy]

The only advantage of 256MB stick is the ungrading capability. When you ask for 512MB or more, 256MB stick is the only choice.

 

[Taz4158]

One advantage of 2 sticks is if one develops a problem. If 1 stick of 256 goes down........

 

[Viperoni]

you can also user interleaving with 2 sticks, I dont think you can with one.

 

[NoreagaCNN]

Exactly what Taz said

If your 256 dies then you're system will be down till you fix it, if you have 2 128 and 1 messes up, you'll still have 1 128 for backup.

-Nore

 

[pugh]

I couldnt resist the urge!! i got me some!!!!!!iam now a member of the 256mb club....!!

 

[peemo]

One RAM chip vs. two

Advantage of one stick of 256 meg

 

[SCSIfreek]

I'm in the 512MB club... More Memories More Power


--SCSI

 

[JoLLyRoGer]

I just joined the 640MB club, well as soon as my order arrives anyway.
Actually 768MB but I need one more DIMM slot

 

[LXi]

I'd take two sticks, its more flexible, but you lose a dimm which decreases expandability.

 

[Guygye]

I used to believe what most of you are saying, and now i have 4 4meg 30pin simms and 2 32meg 72pin simms, left back. Non of them went bad before their time to retire came. And its cheaper to buy 1 256 meg than 2 128 meg these days, so I'd go for the 256. But I'm planning on going with 2 256megs for my next system (1 to 2 weeks). Maybe I should just use 1 512 stick. Any PC150cas2 512meg Dimms out there?

 

[LXi]

<<Any PC150cas2 512meg Dimms out there?>>

Mushkin HighPerformance Rev3

 

[trs80]

Well the obvious follow up ? is what changes if you use your new 256 and the(presumably) old 128 mb stick. there is the electron flow to think about .

 

[Howard]

The higher density chips required on 256MB DIMMs may not work on older motherboards. Keep that in mind.

 

[Whitedog]

Even if the 256MB DIMM were more expensive, it's still far cheaper... How you ask??

How long do you think you'll use the 256MB stick vs. the 2, 128MB sticks? Those 128MB sticks will be collecting dust while the 256MB will still be in your system in use.

I have 3-128MB sticks in my pooter now and I know one day they will end up in the drawer with my 64's and 32's... don't forget about those dust collecting SIMMS.

Buy the largest single stick you can afford... It will last you a lot longer.

For those of you who whine about &quot;if it goes bad&quot; Hello! Memory has a Lifetime warranty?

 

[gregor1]

I've just joined the 32MB club. Yee haw!

 

[skriefal]

In response to Viperoni's comments about interleaving: you do not need 2 DIMMs to enable 4-way interleaving. All you need is 2 banks, which it so happens most 128MB/256MB DIMMs have. Thus, one 2-sided DIMM is all that is needed for 4-way interleaving. And even if you have 1 single-sided DIMM, you can still use 2-way interleaving.

 

[Ajay]

A single sided 256MB stick would give the best OC ability, pretty rare though. Two 128MB modules OC less than 1 128MB module check out : Lost Circuits

-AJ

 

[EvilDonnyboy]

A single double-sided stick would perform slightly better than a single double-sided stick, because of improved interleave.

But as long as there are two banks (at least 1 double sided stick or at least 2 single sided sticks) it'll a offer the same interleave performance.