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[Solved] Dual channel @ 800 or single channel @ 1066?

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domonas   11-01-2009 at 04:25:54 AM

So I have an ASUS M3A78 Pro mobo with a Phenom 9950BE and have OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 running Win7 64 bit Professional. I have the RAM in dual channel mode but it runs at 800 MHz. Looking at the manual, I noticed

"Due to AMD CPU limitation, DDR2 1066 is supported by AM2+ CPU for one DIMM per channel only"

So basically, if I'm reading this right, I can run my RAM as dual channel at 800 MHz, or I can put them to run in single channel @ 1066. So which is better?

Thanks for your inputs!

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800 dual channel and overclok to 1066, but the diference between both isn't significant.
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tstng   11-01-2009 at 05:00:13 PM

Dual Channel 800 is better. I have a PII X2 550 BE and the memory scores I get are amazing, no OC. Dual Channel 1066 would be even better but if it only runs single, I'd stick with 800 dual.

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Bronze Motherboards badge saint19   11-01-2009 at 05:27:08 PM
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800 dual channel and overclok to 1066, but the diference between both isn't significant.

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tstng   11-01-2009 at 06:10:05 PM

True. I read an article right here on Tom's that the difference between DDR2 and 3 isn't that mindblowing either ;)

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