Need advice

[Sora]

Currently I'm getting ready to order my system, My max budget is about $870 USD and my system was built together for I think $830. only thing i'm worrying about in the system is the ram. I got 1 gig lined up of DDR2-800 G.Skill for budget, and I planned on upgrading latter on. Now i'm starting to think maybe I shoulkd grab another 512 stick and just buy another later, this way I will be able to start with an extra boost and upgrade easy for another 60 later on.

Thing is i keep hearing that ram such as 1.5gb doesnt run well with the system. They say its not an even increase and it runs weird. How is this the case? I dont think 1gb for now is enough for a more performance system, even if its only for a few months.

Also I plan on upgrading about summer of 08 with a whole new system, If I were to go 4x512mb RAM that would fill up slots but do you think i could squeek out 2gb for another year and a half? Or would i just be best to go with 2x512 on dual channel and then a 1gb stick and upgrade later?

Thats the one thing i'm a bit worried about that 1gb wont be enough so would another 512 run fine? I could add another stick for dual channel about a month later or so.

Any input would be appreciated

 

[TheEnd187]

1gb now and 1gb later or 1gb now and 512 then sell that 512 and get 1 gig

 

[Sora]

So your saying though that having an odd ammount of ram such as 1.5gb wont screw with it? And why wouldnt Dual channel 512 and a solo 1gb for now then maybe another gig like 6 or 7 months down the line?

 

[Cdub89]

sorry i wanted to delete this

 

[TheEnd187]

whats with you and deleting cdub?

 

[Sora]

now i'm confused...all i want to know that is if i were to get this ram combo would my system run fine and use the extra 512mb RAM to advantage?

1GB- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231085
512MB- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820161027

Or theres a 512 version of the first G.Skill RAM for about i think 7 bucks more, would it run better than two different brands? Or would it really not matter

Heres the 512 G.Skill...its the same thing as the 1GB basicly

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231097

Im thinking of getting the G.Skill probably since it should OC to the same speed of the other but I dunno I just have extra money on my budget and I just dont like having only 1gb but maybe its not as bad as i'm making it.

 

[reckliss]

doesnt matter what you get now as long as you end up with 2x1GB sticks as it will give you better performance down the road.

 

[TriEclipse]

So your saying though that having an odd ammount of ram such as 1.5gb wont screw with it? And why wouldnt Dual channel 512 and a solo 1gb for now then maybe another gig like 6 or 7 months down the line?

Dual Channel isn't a technology built into the RAM, its more of a Motherboard feature. Any two sticks of identical RAM will work in Dual Channel (theoretically doubling the available bandwidth). 1 x 1GB, and 1 x 512MB aren't identical, so they would not be able to run in Dual Channel.

The two main ways of getting to 2GB memory are obviously 2 x 1GB, or 4 x 512MB. Both of these ways would work in Dual Channel mode. However, running 4 sticks on a motherboard forces you to run in 2T timings, which is a bit of an unnecessary performance hit. 2 x 1GB is that preferred way to get to 2GB.

If you get 1 x 1GB, and 1 x 512MB, you will have 1.5GB, but they won't be working in Dual Channel. But you aren't going to be running in Dual Channel with a single 1 x 1GB stick either, so its weird.

TheEnd actually made sense when he recommended that you sell the 512MB when you need to upgrade to 2GB, since 2 x 1GB is perfect. If you want to deal with selling the memory, or doing away with it some other way (second system maybe), then that would be your best option.

 

[reckliss]

Tri your helpful to noobs because you explain. GJ. Im too lazy to do that lol

 

[Sora]

Well i knew that you couldnt Dual Channel the 1gb and the 512 I meant to Dual Channel the 512's but then the 1GB would be bottlenecking that. So i guess I could get the cheapest 512 MB DDR2-800 stick to hold me over and then such as this?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820161066
seems a bit sketchy but should serve my purpose until i get another gig of the G.Skill or should i really spend 8 more bucks for the other version of the Wintec right here

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820161027

I think those two are the exact same frickin thing except the latter just looking cooler in your case? if that would be the case i wouldnt care.