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Dual Channel Or Single Channel

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karthik55859
karthik55859 Original post #1
Jul 31, 2006 at 3:18 AM
hi guys,
from this forum with the help of you all the geneious guys i have made major hardware purchases...with yours suggesstions .....for this time please help me to upgrade.....first of all my MB is ASUS P5GDC V-DELUXE,when i purchased that MB my vendor suggested to use simmtronics 512*2 [400 mhz]ram modules in dual channel mode,but after two to three months i was getting BSOD messages frequently.. so i sold that and i bought ZION 512 mb[400 mhz] by sticking to only one module ,from the time i bought the zion ram till this day i havent noticed any kind of hanging or BSOD MESSAGES....{ 8 MONTHS }
so,i decided to upgrade further RAM to my system ...is it wise to buy another ZION 512 mb[400 MHZ] ram and run them in dual channel mode or else simply sell that old ZION ram and buy 1 gb ram module...IN SINGLE CHANNEL MODE.
MY VENDOR CAN PROVIDE ONLY ZION,KINGSTON BRANDS since i live in a small city...so i am wating for your precoius advise ....if possible please quote the prices of these two brands [ZION AND KINGSTON]

thanking you guys
karthik55859
deathvirus_me
deathvirus_me #2
Jul 31, 2006 at 6:37 AM
Well .. can't say why u got those problems .. but yeah .. dual channel will definitely be better ... almost twice the bandwidth of single channel mem. ...
samrulez
samrulez #3
Jul 31, 2006 at 1:45 PM
Well......The prob may be due to unlike memory strips......or damaged strips....Its better to get another alike stripe and put them is dual channel...for dual channel their timings,speed etc. should match.....
A 512 MB stick shouls cost u 2000-24000
1 GB stick should cost u 3500-4000
royal
royal #4
Jul 31, 2006 at 7:33 PM
Always go for two RAMs in DUAL channel mode :D
shashank4u
shashank4u #5
Jul 31, 2006 at 7:49 PM
Zion i dont know , but kingston is ultimate, it provide great performance
in its price and i am using (256*2)512 400mhz ram in dual channel mode since 2 years and completly satisfied with its performance, price as above mentioned.
its definitely better than zion , go for kingston if u r a power user .
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magnet #7
Aug 1, 2006 at 12:36 PM
karthik.........well always try branded stuff which are famous...since your vendor can provide kingston he shd b able to get hynix too..but kingston is much better........but since u trying to get another one its better to get frm same comapny and same frequency one..............

and during next upgrade b carefull in gettin stuffs...i doubt simtronics even provide any warranty also