PC3200 dual-sided or not?

[kgtg]

Hi all
I am building my 1st pc and so far this is what i have got:
- MSI 865PE Neo 2LS mobo - 865 chipset, 800FSB, supports upto PC3200 DDR (4)
- Intel P4 2.4C Ghz - 800FSB
- Just ordered GeForce 4 Ti4200 as my video card

According to article here on Anandtech (http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.html?i=1839&p=8), best combination for 865 mobo's is:

QUOTE - "If you plan to run DDR400 as your base memory speed with an 800FSB processor, your best memory performance will clearly be with four matched double-sided DIMMs"-UNQUOTE

I was thinking of GEIL PC3200 512MB DDR-RAM (You can see it at : http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...147&manufactory=1687&DEPA=0&sortby=14&order=1
about half way down the page, look for 'Top Seller'),
But that doesnt look like it is double sided.

- Is it really worth to go for DUAL-SIDED?

Any suggestions/recommendations for which memory to use?

Thanks,
KG

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: kgtg
Hi all
I am building my 1st pc and so far this is what i have got:
- MSI 865PE Neo 2LS mobo - 865 chipset, 800FSB, supports upto PC3200 DDR (4)
- Intel P4 2.4C Ghz - 800FSB
- Just ordered GeForce 4 Ti4200 as my video card

According to article here on Anandtech (http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.html?i=1839&p=8), best combination for 865 mobo's is:

QUOTE - "If you plan to run DDR400 as your base memory speed with an 800FSB processor, your best memory performance will clearly be with four matched double-sided DIMMs"-UNQUOTE

I was thinking of GEIL PC3200 512MB DDR-RAM (You can see it at : http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=manufactory&catalog=147&manufactory=1687&DEPA=0&sortby=14&order=1
about half way down the page, look for 'Top Seller'),
But that doesnt look like it is double sided.

- Is it really worth to go for DUAL-SIDED?

Any suggestions/recommendations for which memory to use?

Thanks,
KG

I own 3 sticks of that RAM; it is double sided. I couldn't say what impact the number of memory chips will have on performance though.