Memory question, single or double channel? - Page 2

Feek · 02-08-2007, 08:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Garp

You'll find it hard to find any mobo that'll let you use 3Gb in Dual Channel mode, you need matching pairs to ever get it, e.g. 2x1Gb and 2x512Mb.

I'm in quite long discussions on another forum about the board I have and a fair few of the people on there are running 3Gb on the same board in dual channel mode with matched pairs. The memory I have was bought as matched pairs so it's not really a problem.

I'm fed up with this board, it really is rubbish. It has a memory timing hole where settings between 723 and another figure I can't remember can't be used with 4Gb and my memory won't run at the higher figure. I'm not running it at underspeed, no sireeee. It has temperamental booting and it's just generally rubbish.

So I'm looking for a replacement socket 775 board that can take my Noctua NH-U12F cooler and work well with 4Gb RAM using Vista x64.

Mark · 02-08-2007, 09:42

What's your current motherboard? (mostly out of curiosity

)

Edit - no matter - found it in the other thread.

Feek · 02-08-2007, 09:45

Asus P5N-E SLI

Garp · 02-08-2007, 22:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Feek

I'm in quite long discussions on another forum about the board I have and a fair few of the people on there are running 3Gb on the same board in dual channel mode with matched pairs. The memory I have was bought as matched pairs so it's not really a problem.

Matched pairs? *confused*

You said you'd got 3 x 1Gb sticks in your first post. That equals one matched pair and an odd one, in my book; and it'll be the odd one thats causing your dual / single channel issues.

Mark · 02-08-2007, 23:06

And so it was.

Though Feek did have 4GB (two matched pairs), but for some reason his motherboard wasn't keen on that.

Curiously my (somewhat old) Asus motherboard doesn't like running two matched pairs either.

Feek · 03-08-2007, 06:33

In my situation I was running single channel with 3 x 1Gb strips. Two matched to each other and the third matched to my final stick which was back in it's original packing.

People are running 3Gb using 2 x 1Gb matched pairs and 2 x 512Mb matched pairs to fill up all four slots.

02-08-2007, 09:42	#12
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	What's your current motherboard? (mostly out of curiosity ) Edit - no matter - found it in the other thread. Last edited by Mark; 02-08-2007 at 09:45.

02-08-2007, 09:45	#13
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	Asus P5N-E SLI __________________

03-08-2007, 06:33	#16
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	In my situation I was running single channel with 3 x 1Gb strips. Two matched to each other and the third matched to my final stick which was back in it's original packing. People are running 3Gb using 2 x 1Gb matched pairs and 2 x 512Mb matched pairs to fill up all four slots. __________________

02-08-2007, 23:06	#15
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	And so it was. Though Feek did have 4GB (two matched pairs), but for some reason his motherboard wasn't keen on that. Curiously my (somewhat old) Asus motherboard doesn't like running two matched pairs either.