Dual Channel w/ Optimized dual and w/o

[ghidu]

Hello, I bought 2 bulk slots of ram and installed them in dual channel.
I had some problems at the begining booting the pc. Now it works good for a week.
Would have been better to buy "optimized dual channel" kit?
Is there a diference when running in dual?
Thanks in advance.

 

[imported_toot]

I don't think there's any difference between buying 2 of the same ram separatly, and buying a "kit", except that the later comes in a box together.

 

[Insomniak]

Originally posted by: toot
I don't think there's any difference between buying 2 of the same ram separatly, and buying a "kit", except that the later comes in a box together.

Correct.

"Dual Channel Kits" are just a marketing ploy - all they are is two identical sticks of RAM packaged together. You could just buy seperate sticks of the same stuff. It'd work the same.

 

[qbackin]

Originally posted by: Insomniak

Originally posted by: toot
I don't think there's any difference between buying 2 of the same ram separatly, and buying a "kit", except that the later comes in a box together.

Correct.

"Dual Channel Kits" are just a marketing ploy - all they are is two identical sticks of RAM packaged together. You could just buy seperate sticks of the same stuff. It'd work the same.

 

[V00D00]

I have a stick of Corsair PC3200 and a stick of Kingston PC2700 working in dual channel @ pc2700 flawlessly.

 

[ghidu]

Great. Thank you guys. I feel much better now.
The reason I didn't buy the kit is that I thought I would get 2 sticks with better timmings(2.5,3,3,6) (acordingly to the site I bought from) when in fact I got the same timmings with the sticks from the kit (2.5,4,4,8). When I told them about it, they just took the link out, so now I can't prove it.

Originally posted by: V00D00
I have a stick of Corsair PC3200 and a stick of Kingston PC2700 working in dual channel @ pc2700 flawlessly.

Really, so that means they work like 2 PC2700?
What makes 2 diferent sticks of ram work in dual? Is it the timmings?

 

[piromaneak]

Dual Channel isin't much of an evil marketing ploy if the manufactuer doesn't see any profit from it... OCZ Platinum dual channel is the exact same price as two individual sticks they just "claim" they tested and matched them together... when really they probably just stuck two sticks together in a package... I guess it helps if a retailer is running low on stock, you can still be sure to get two sticks of the same brand since the dual channel kit is considered ONE unit and cannot be separated. That's more than likely the answer. It's not some evil ploy to rob you of money. pfft...

 

[ghidu]

I know that they say a dual kit is tested to work in dual channel mode.
I was wondering if 2 sticks of ram bought almost at the same time from the same store would work perfectly in dual with no problems what so ever, just like a kit?

 

[Insomniak]

Originally posted by: ghidu
I know that they say a dual kit is tested to work in dual channel mode.
I was wondering if 2 sticks of ram bought almost at the same time from the same store would work perfectly in dual with no problems what so ever, just like a kit?

Dual channel is a function of the motherboard chipset, not the RAM. If your motherboard supports dual channel, theoretically any DDR RAM running at the same speeds and timings would work fine in Dual Channel.

Sometimes, RAMs of different types decide not to get along. This is why it's recommended that all memory in your system be of the same type from the same manufacturer. It's just a stability thing - doesn't really have anything to do with dual channel.

 

[Insomniak]

Originally posted by: piromaneak
Dual Channel isin't much of an evil marketing ploy if the manufactuer doesn't see any profit from it... OCZ Platinum dual channel is the exact same price as two individual sticks they just "claim" they tested and matched them together... when really they probably just stuck two sticks together in a package... I guess it helps if a retailer is running low on stock, you can still be sure to get two sticks of the same brand since the dual channel kit is considered ONE unit and cannot be separated. That's more than likely the answer. It's not some evil ploy to rob you of money. pfft...

Who said anything about evil? Marketing isn't by nature evil, but it IS by nature marketing. You must assume every time someone says "marketing" they think it's bad. Most of the time, it's neutral, and sometimes it's even good.

Duh?

Yes, dual channel kits are sticks of memory pulled from the same production batch and packaged together - but if you two identical sticks like that purchased seperately....same result...