Need to add 2 gigs to existing triple channel 6 gigs

[Total Immortal]

Here is what I currently have in my rig:
Newegg.com - CORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TR3X6G1600C8D - Desktop Memory

I want to expand to the full 8 gigs that I'm told Vista 64 will support, can someone recommend a single 2GB stick to put in my machine?

 

[Muffin Man]

vista 64-bit supports alot more than just 8 gigs. off the top of my head, i think it actually supports like 128gigs of ram, some large number like that.

you could buy a 3gig (3x1gig) kit of ram instead.

edit: actually i just checked, it depends on what version of vista you have. only home basic has a limit of 8gigs. which do you have?

 

[overlord20]

I would suggest getting another kit of your current ram if you can support over 8gb.

 

[Total Immortal]

Wow i thought 8 was the limit. I have Vista Ultimate 64. I'm about to get into some pretty heavy sound production/editing, and I want a good foundation of memory.

 

[Hefemeister]

what board do you have?

best bang would be to get an additional 3x2gb if your board will support it.

Windows Vista Ultimate combines all the features of the Home Premium and Enterprise editions, plus "Ultimate Extras". 64-bit Ultimate supports 128 GB of RAM. [8]

Windows Vista editions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[overlord20]

I agree. Especially if your board supports triple channel. You are going to want all slots filled with triple channel ram.

 

[Total Immortal]

Newegg.com - EVGA E758-A1 3-Way SLI (x16/x16/x8) LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards

Is my board. Man all this time I thought 8 was the max, I would have originally bought a lot more.
It does have triple channel. There are 3 green slots and 3 black ones (the 3 green ones are currently occupied). Thanks for the help, I'm a pretty casual techie/builder.

 

[Hefemeister]

You could grab another set of doms but they are pretty spendy. I would look at the ocz golds.
Newegg.com - OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Low Voltage Desktop Memory Model OCZ3G1600LV6GK - Desktop Memory

$70 less with same speed and timings.

 

[95BlackGA]

Just buy that kit that you already have, and extend it to 12GB running in Triple channel.

 

[VishKapish]

I agree with Hefe. I don't see the reason to go for Dominators, unless there is something outside of the speed, timings, and voltage that I'm not seeing. I am stingy though...

I'm curious if the performance can really differ that much between two sets of ram with the same specs.