Memory question

VitoVonAntwon

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Hello,

I am going to purchase some ram soon, and I'm a little confused by this spec:
64x64 , 2x256, 32x64, 32x8 ( I know they are the amount of chips on the ram module. 2x256 is 512meg chip.
But which is better? having 4, or 64, or 32?)

Which one is better? Is there a difference?

VitoVonAntwon
 

filmmaker

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Depends on your motherboard, CPU, operating system, and what you want to do with your system.

Tell us those things and we can offere better opinions.
 

VitoVonAntwon

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Here are the specs of a system I'm thinking of putting together.

$80 - Case - aluminum -Newegg, brown red chieftec, 80$shipped.
$78 - Power Supply - Antec True PSU 380w -Newegg, shipped
$110 - Motherboard - P4 Asus p4p800 -
$200- Hardrive - Maxtor, 2 160gig - compusa online, shipped.
$146 - Graphic card - Ti4600 msi 128mb, - computergeek msiti4600 128mb, shipped
$000 - Sound card - soundblaster? On board mb. -
$180 ? Ram 1gig 2 512meg - pc3200 - Kingston? Cruicial?
$270 - CPU - p4 2.8ghz 800?. - Newegg, ship included.
$000 -GPU Heatsink - Zalman ZM80-HP Heatpipe GPU Cooler - Might skip.
$040 - CPU Heatsink - Zalman au/cu - svc.
$40 - Cd-r rom - 48x32x48x

xp, or 2000, running lightwave 3d, for 3d animation
If anyone can find better prices too, let me know. Newegg was pretty good so far.
I am concerened that the ti4600 will probably be better for lightwave opengl, but lightwave 8 might be more
direct x 9 complient. not sure yet.
 

JediJeb

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Ok I'm bumping this one because it is exactly the question have been asking and can't seem to find an answer to anywhere. SO is 64x64 better or worse than 32x8? Is there any place on the net where I can find a comprehensive explaination of what these numbers mean and how to evaluate them in purchasing memory? Should I repost this in the Highly Technical forum where maybe somebody will be able to answer it or at least yell at me and send me to the right place to find the answer. It seems there are answers for everything but this readily available. Even the memory makers don't seem to have good explainations for this question. ANY help would be appreciated.
 

Slappy00

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well i think that the 32x8 is the size x number of dimm modules on the pcb 32*8 == 256mb the number of modules will tell you wheather its singe or double sided (double-sided is preferred) Im not sure of th 64X64 you stated but 64x8 is 512 and so on
 

JediJeb

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I guess that is part of my question, but for instance, Geil has memory listed as 32x8 in both 256 and 512MB per stick, listed as low density, Corsair has 32x8 and 32x64 256MB sticks listed as having an organization of 64Mx64 and 32x64 with organizaton of 32Mx64 and 512MB listed as 32x8 organization of 64Mx64. From what I could find yesterday a site said you multiply the 2 numbers and divide by 8 to get the size in MB, but that just doesn't work. I wish there was just a simple table describing what these are and what is better, is High density better or low density? which are double sided and which are single sided. Is one preferred over the other or is memory just memory?
 

Slappy00

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There was a review somewhere (use google to find it) where the reviewer compairs double sided with single-sided when run in different configurations (2 sticks one sitck 3 sticks four sticks) and the jist of the article is that depending on what your doing (and this collablrated with intel white papers) you might want 2 sided as opposed to one sided and vice versa
 

JediJeb

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I found a few answers. One is high density and one is low, but still nothing comprehensive. Anyone else know something on this question?