Paired Memory Returns??

With the new dual channel DDR chipsets you begin to wonder. "Will I be limited in my ram configurations?" Back in the days of 72 and 30pin SIMMs you had to think of this and it became a real problem when upgrading. (at least for me on my limited income ).

Jack Russell rants on.
" With the rise of dual-channel DDR designs, however, we may be re-entering an era of more restrictive RAM configurations. This is less of an issue for the NVIDIA nForce2, because the Athlon’s own bandwidth limitation make the additional bandwidth offered by a 128-bit solution generally spurious (though there are a few applications that benefit). In the case of the dual-channel DDR Pentium 4, however, the difference between single and dual channel DDR RAM performance is substantial. "
I'm going to bet if you have the money to get a Dual Channel DDR enabled motherboard you'll also have enough green to buy the needed RAM. My suggestion is to get same size modules from the same mfg, problem solved.

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