Which is better?

[Haui]

2gb DDR2 PC-6400 800MHZ or 3GB DD2 PC-5300 667MHZ?

Simple question!

 

[postmortemIA]

3gb of pc5300 IMO, especially if we are talking about vista

 

[Conky]

Yes, this is an O/S dependent question.

2GB is plenty for XP but Vista is a memory pig.

 

[Haui]

Running Windows XP but will soon switch to Vista Ulitmate..

 

[drakore]

Go with the PC2-6400 DDR2-800 mhz. 3GB is kind of stupid since you have 2 modules in dual channel and 1 in single channel

 

[Haui]

Originally posted by: drakore
Go with the PC2-6400 DDR2-800 mhz. 3GB is kind of stupid since you have 2 modules in dual channel and 1 in single channel

I guess I should add that I have the following setup:

Slot 1 - 1gb
Slot 2 - 1gb
Slot 3 - 512mb
Slot 4 - 512mb

It is all running in Dual mode.

 

[f4phantom2500]

if it doesn't affect an overclock id go with 3gb for vista 2 for xp

 

[Conky]

Originally posted by: Haui
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: drakore
Go with the PC2-6400 DDR2-800 mhz. 3GB is kind of stupid since you have 2 modules in dual channel and 1 in single channel</end quote></div>

I guess I should add that I have the following setup:

Slot 1 - 1gb
Slot 2 - 1gb
Slot 3 - 512mb
Slot 4 - 512mb

It is all running in Dual mode.

Mine is setup as follows:

Slot 1 - 1gb
Slot 2 - 512mb
Slot 3 - 1gb
Slot 4 - 512mb

And it too runs fine in dual channel. :thumbsup:

 

[VERTIGGO]

Apparently you can run 2 + 1 stick in dual channel mode:

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2064016&enterthread=y

You may not need 512 sticks

 

[mindless1]

I know it's a crazy suggestion, but how about everyone not suggest memory based on just OS or speed but by how much your total job load requires?

Vista doesn't actually require another Gig of memory. Yes it'll preload stuff for a perceived performance increase, but XP will also cache quite a bit too after the first read which kinda splits the difference except on either, whether the amount remaining is sufficient has EVERYTHING to do with how you're using the system.