Upgrade pc-memory question

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Last response: February 21, 2012 4:01 PM in Motherboards

mihgeo

February 21, 2012 12:12:59 AM

hi all,i want to upgradee my pc.i want buy intel g860(or 850) and montheboard-1155,chipset h61 asus: P8H61-M LE Rev 3.0 or gigabyte:GA-H61M-S2P-B3.
the memory - corsair 4gb 1600Mhz CL9 Blue Vengeance 1,5volt
the problem is both montheboard have only 2 slots for mem-ram.i.am not decide 4 gb single or "2x2gb(but in future all slot full)".i use this pc for net surfing and game-medium.
how loss in precent 1x4gb(single channel) vs 2x2gb(double channel)?

ps:sorry for my bad english,thanks

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aviconus

February 21, 2012 1:10:53 AM

For what you are planning on doing, you wont notice a difference between the two.

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Iraneus

February 21, 2012 4:39:15 AM

Dual Channel is definitely better than single channel, it stops bottle necking.

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anort3

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February 21, 2012 6:56:50 AM

Dual channel only gains you 3-4% over single channel depending on the application.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/PARALLEL-PROCESSING...

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aviconus

February 21, 2012 10:40:15 AM

Exactlly. The performance games that you would expect are only in the most demanding games. Even then, the gains will be un-noticed. Personally if I were this guy instead of 2x2 or 1x4, I would spend the extra $15 for 2x4gb. 4gb is kinda like the new minimum that 2gb was 5 yrs ago.