One stick of Ram or Two on a NON-dual channel mOBO?

[RLiu818]

Will one stick or two perform better in a motherboard that DOES NOT have dual chan?

 

[dennisjai215]

like you said.. NO dual channel so what difference does it make?

 

[Corporate Thug]

it will perform the same, but usually, the bigger stick of ram is cheaper

 

[Zepper]

Little if any diff in performance, but I like to use two sticks, so if one goes bad I won't be totally dead in the water. As it happens I was unlucky enough to get to test my theory a month or two ago - I was VERY glad I had two sticks. It took Kingston over a week to supply the replacement.
.bh.

 

[White Widow]

You might be able to run with more agressive memory timings if you use only one stick. It's also a little cheaper, and gives you the option to add more later.