Computer Advice

[Samw]

Originally Posted by teevee

Going back to what Richer said though, that doesn't necessarily translate into a noticeably faster computer. It might not be worth the effort. Having said that, I do hear dual channel RAM is pretty cool stuff.

Not sure what effort we are talking about? For example, 2 sticks of 512MB RAM is $210 (2x$105) while 1 stick of 1GB RAM is $249. So not only is 2 sticks of RAM in dual channel faster, it is cheaper too. The original point I made was that if prices were similar, then go for dual channel. As I was replying to Richer's point that more RAM is better, it was within context to explain that for memory intensive operations, dual channel memory will make a difference since data will be transferred between CPU and RAM often. Just something else to think about for those in the market for a new computer.