Which is the faster configuration?

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Hi everyone,

Theoretical question for you:

I have a PC on which I play the odd game, surf the web and convert the odd
movie file but nothing heavy duty.

The PC spec is as follows:

Pentium 4 3.0GZ (533 FSB)
DFI Lanparty Pro 875 Mobo
1024 MB PC 3200 DDR Ram (SINGLE channel as not a matched pair of DIMMS)
running at 333 Mhz. Tried running them on Double Channel but had a very
unstable result

My question is, would my PC run better if I got 2 x 256MB MATCHED DDR Dimms
and run them as Dual Channel even though I've effectively halfed the amount
of RAM?

Also, should I expect much of a speed benefit of getting the 800FSB version
of the CPU (my mobo supports 800FSB but the current CPU is only the 533 FSB
one)

Thanks everyone in advance!

Adam

 

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Archived from groups: alt.comp.hardware.overclocking (More info?)

saas wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> Theoretical question for you:
>
> I have a PC on which I play the odd game, surf the web and convert the odd
> movie file but nothing heavy duty.
>
> The PC spec is as follows:
>
> Pentium 4 3.0GZ (533 FSB)
> DFI Lanparty Pro 875 Mobo
> 1024 MB PC 3200 DDR Ram (SINGLE channel as not a matched pair of DIMMS)
> running at 333 Mhz. Tried running them on Double Channel but had a very
> unstable result
>
> My question is, would my PC run better if I got 2 x 256MB MATCHED DDR Dimms
> and run them as Dual Channel even though I've effectively halfed the amount
> of RAM?
>
> Also, should I expect much of a speed benefit of getting the 800FSB version
> of the CPU (my mobo supports 800FSB but the current CPU is only the 533 FSB
> one)
>
> Thanks everyone in advance!
>
> Adam

I would stay with the system as is.
Only extreme gaming will be noticed, if at all.