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Does hyper threading require 2 memory sticks?

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Yzzim

Lifer
I'm getting a 2.4c P4 and am going to buy memory for it now. I was going to get a PC3200 512mb stick of HyperX (probably) but then I thought I might need 2 - 256mb sticks.

I'm printing the articles Anand wrote about hyper threading out now. Plan to read them as soon as I visit the crapper but would like a quick answer so I can go through with my order 😉

Thanks!
 
Hyperthreading is a function of the cpu & has nothing to do with how many sticks of ram you use.


Dual channel DDR on the other hand needs to have 2 similar sticks. 🙂
 
If you're going to OC it like a madman then some faster RAM might be worth the dineros too. 😀
 
You need 2 sticks (same size, speed) for "dual channel" operation on i865 and i875 motherboards, without it the processor runs slower because the memory bandwidth is too low.

(ed) I think the i875 chipset article has benchmarks to show the difference.
 
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