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Single Side vs Double Side Ram

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foodfightr

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How do I tell if my ram is single side or double side and what is the difference?

Thanks!

EDIT: Also, how does this affect performance?
 
If you RAM has the chips on both sides, it's double sided. If the chips are only on one side, it's singled sided. You'll have to look at the RAM stick to figure this out. I don't know if it affects performance.
 
Yup, it does. So, when I'm making a memory purhcase how do I check to make sure I'm buying single sided and NOT double sided? It'd be quite hard to open the box and look at a retail store and you can't see the ram online.
 
I don't know, but most ram are double sided. Its very rare to see 512 sticks single sided, but the ones I linked to are DEF single sided. You should be fine with 3X 512MB I think...
 
Originally posted by: Hacp
I don't know, but most ram are double sided. Its very rare to see 512 sticks single sided, but the ones I linked to are DEF single sided. You should be fine with 3X 512MB I think...
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Thanks for the link! I might buy some for my 754 system.
 
isnt double sided better though? if you were to only use 2 slots.
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Well I could run three single sided 512 sticks for a total of 1.5Gb at DDR400.
If I use three double sided 512 sticks, it knocks the speed down to DDR333.
 
Originally posted by: foodfightr
isnt double sided better though? if you were to only use 2 slots.
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Well I could run three single sided 512 sticks for a total of 1.5Gb at DDR400.
If I use three double sided 512 sticks, it knocks the speed down to DDR333.
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well, if you have an AMD64 your not suppost to use more than two sticks of ram.

edit: due to the onboard memory controller in the chip. I have noticed people who use more than two sticks of ram have alot higher temps but when they remove the ram so they only have two sticks in the motherboard there temps go back down.

 
Originally posted by: w00t
Originally posted by: foodfightr
isnt double sided better though? if you were to only use 2 slots.
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Well I could run three single sided 512 sticks for a total of 1.5Gb at DDR400.
If I use three double sided 512 sticks, it knocks the speed down to DDR333.
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well, if you have an AMD64 your not suppost to use more than two sticks of ram.

edit: due to the onboard memory controller in the chip. I have noticed people who use more than two sticks of ram have alot higher temps but when they remove the ram so they only have two sticks in the motherboard there temps go back down.
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Your not supposed to use more than 2 Double sided, 4 single sided. That means if you run 4X 256 On a venice, you won't go to 2T or 333.

 
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