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Tom Potts wrote: > On Wednesday 05 November 2008 22:17, Dave wrote: >> Thanks Rob. >> >> I think I'll save some money then and stick at 2 Gig (I think memory runs >> better these days when it is matched in size? e.g.. 2 x 1 Gig). > should make little difference - unless you have an MB that requires doubling > up! 2 will probably be slower than one for any data block read that crosses > two chips. > Actually dual channel is designed to increase performance as there are double the mount of 'lanes' to the CPU. The new Intel Core i7 CPU's use triple channel (for even more performance). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual-channel_architecture Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html