dual channel?

[Pepsiboy700]

Will 2 Patriot 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered System Memory work in dual channel? My friend says they wont unless it comes in a kit.

 

[mgoldb2]

Will 2 Patriot 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered System Memory work in dual channel? My friend says they wont unless it comes in a kit.

Your friend is wrong. The requiements for dual channel is a motherboar/cpu that support it and 2 identicle ram sticks. That is it.

 

[crazyb8ss]

do the sticks have to be identical?

 

[Pepsiboy700]

ok thanx. Can u buy dual channel kits and are they more expensive or better?

 

[uzi9mm]

Well first off, the sticks do not have to be identical. Only in size. It is recommended that you have the same freq, and timings. But most likely the board will adapt and use the standard of what ever is slower.

Also dual channel kits seems to be cheaper than buying 2 seperate sticks for instance. Sometimes it is the other way around, and the maker of the ram uses "dual channel" as an advertising element.

They do make a board that supports different size ram, and dual channel at the same time. I cannot recall the maker of the mobo. But it is possible.