Matt1970 Lifer Mar 19, 2007 12,320 3 0 Mar 10, 2012 #51 adam_the_giant said: Well, picked up a stick of Kingston 1333 ValuRam 4GB, removed 1 2GB stick.... and now am running 6GB. Met in the middle. Dual channel won't make much difference. Only 2 memory banks on this cheapie board. Click to expand... So you went from 4 to 6 gigs which won't make a difference but you lost dual channel mode which will make a difference.
adam_the_giant said: Well, picked up a stick of Kingston 1333 ValuRam 4GB, removed 1 2GB stick.... and now am running 6GB. Met in the middle. Dual channel won't make much difference. Only 2 memory banks on this cheapie board. Click to expand... So you went from 4 to 6 gigs which won't make a difference but you lost dual channel mode which will make a difference.
Magic Carpet Diamond Member Oct 2, 2011 3,477 233 106 Mar 11, 2012 #52 Matt1970 said: So you went from 4 to 6 gigs which won't make a difference but you lost dual channel mode which will make a difference. Click to expand... In real world apps? Very unlikely. adam_the_giant said: Yeah, going from 4GB to 6GB I notice nothing, but at least I have a little extra buffer. Thanks all . Click to expand... Hope you're using 64 bit OS though. Last edited: Mar 11, 2012
Matt1970 said: So you went from 4 to 6 gigs which won't make a difference but you lost dual channel mode which will make a difference. Click to expand... In real world apps? Very unlikely. adam_the_giant said: Yeah, going from 4GB to 6GB I notice nothing, but at least I have a little extra buffer. Thanks all . Click to expand... Hope you're using 64 bit OS though.