Memory 1 1gb stick and 1 512mb stick

[strife1344]

Can you put one stick of 512mb in one slot and one stick of 1gig in another with dual channel? I've been told that its best to get 2 sticks with the same amount of memory. What kind of performance will I have. Please Help!

 

[magouster]

You can put the 2 sticks together, but they won't run in dual-channel mode. You will however see an increase in performance from your current setup.

 

[strife1344]

Okay, thanks! Would two sticks of 512 in dual channel run faster the one 512 and one 1gig stck?

 

[MrCoffee]

yes

 

[strife1344]

Thanks for the quick replys!

 

[MrCoffee]

Bear in mind that for dual channel to work your need to use two identical modules.

Both sticks mush have the same chip density, be single/double sided, and run at the same latencies (if the latencies aren't the same your bandwidth may drop as often your mobo will underclock the slower chip to 166 to get the same timings).

Its preferable to use the same part from the same manufacturer, this is why dual channel "kits" exist.