Re: [PLUG] Memory Questions - Advice Needed

[Lee Marzke <lee@marzke.net>]

For performance comparison it gets worse.

Here are article on Speed vs Latency specs.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/tight-timings-high-clock-frequencies,1236.html
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=873
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_timings
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_latency


Guess this is why servers recommend specific RAM parts.


Lee




Casey Bralla wrote:
> My old accounting professor said that the answer to every accounting question 
> was "it depends".  I guess 1  technical field is just like another <grin>
>
>
> Thanks for the reference to the article.  It helped a lot!
>
>
> On Thursday 02 April 2009 8:34:22 am you wrote:
>   
> > It depends.
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual-channel_architecture
> >
> > Lee
> >
> > Casey Bralla wrote:
> >     
> > > For some strange reason, I still appear to be getting older every year. 
> > > (In my mind, I'm still 25, but I digress).   Oddly, people seem to give
> > > me presents every April for the simple fact that I've survived another
> > > year. This year, I plan to pool all my "winnings" and build a new
> > > computer.
> > >
> > > I'm considering a couple of options for RAM, and would welcome advice
> > > from this august body.
> > >
> > >
> > > My AMD system will be able to handle DDR2-1066 "Dual Channel" memory.
> > > Scanning New Egg, I see that DDR2-1066 often come in pairs, or as single
> > > SIMMs.  From a performance standpoint, is there a difference worth
> > > arguing over separate of single SIMMs?
> > >
> > >
> > > I also have noticed that DDR2-800 memory is a bit cheaper, which may
> > > allow me to put more memory in the machine.   I understand that -1066
> > > (great number BTW.  What's next, "666" memory?) memory is faster, but do
> > > you think I will see a practical difference in speed between -800 and
> > > -1066 memory?
> > >
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >       
>
>
>
>   


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