I have a question about dual channel...

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wolfram said:
Thanks for your response :)

Then, let's say, I buy one 2 X 512MB dual channel kit, and then, maybe next year, I get another kit. And Corsair changes again the revision. Will that setup work properly in dual channel? Or just single channel mode?

I really want to have 2 GB of RAM, because someday I'll have to get Vista....

hope you got lots of money then if you have to have vista..

especially if you're into upgrading your PC a lot..

even changing the video card etc, or buying a bigger hard drive will cost you more..

the new license on windows vista states you can only transfer it once. and vista will check at random intervals the system & activation.. and it registers your PC system & hardware. so if you have to reformat, change your drive, or you upgrade your video card etc.. Microsoft say you can only do it once. after that the activation is disabled in vista and you go into a limited usage mode because the hardware in your pc does not match with the hardware of when it was activated.. they say you will have to buy a new copy of Vista everytime you decide to change your hardware..

now that's what you call extortion.
 
Sharkfood said:
Thanks for the kind words guys. I truly appreciate it and I'm honored to hang-out with the really awesome techo-folks here at TechSpot. :)

Well Wolfram, that's an E6 stepping core, which have been known to have some issues with tighter timings + 4 double-sided sticks @ ddr-400 speeds. :(

It'll really come down to 1T vs 2T timings, BIOS support and the modules themselves. If you do go 4-sticks and wind up with ddr-333 speed, try moving up the timings to 2T as even the most stalwart E3/E6 stepping cores can usually muster ddr-400 speeds @ 2T/double sided modules.

In all reality though, in games that can use it (EverquestII, BF2, BF2142, etc.etc.), the 1T vs 2T really has little impact though as the extra memory alone makes a huge difference.

Good luck man!

Thanks again Sharkfood. Like I said, probably I won´t run 4 RAM sticks using this CPU, I'll probably get a Sandy, and hopefully, get a better revision.
And I really hope, that I only get single sided sticks. My newest Corsair RAM is single sided :) Hopefully, Corsair won't use again double sided sticks ;)
Thank you a lot for your valuable input man!!

hope you got lots of money then if you have to have vista..

especially if you're into upgrading your PC a lot..

even changing the video card etc, or buying a bigger hard drive will cost you more..

the new license on windows vista states you can only transfer it once. and vista will check at random intervals the system & activation.. and it registers your PC system & hardware. so if you have to reformat, change your drive, or you upgrade your video card etc.. Microsoft say you can only do it once. after that the activation is disabled in vista and you go into a limited usage mode because the hardware in your pc does not match with the hardware of when it was activated.. they say you will have to buy a new copy of Vista everytime you decide to change your hardware..

now that's what you call extortion.

Yeah, you're right. Maybe I'll continue to use XP, until it gets real necessary to get Vista.
I don't like to say this, but if they'll do what you said, I'm afraid we'll have to use certain methods to bypass that activation :evil:

Hopefully, they'll reconsider :)
 
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