2006-07-09 19:08:00 · 13 answers · asked by vince 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Go with the 1x1 gig over the 2x512mb. The simplest reason to do so is that it leaves another memory slot open for furture expansion.
2006-07-09 19:14:17 · answer #1 · answered by NYLatenite 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your computer supports dual channel is much better use 2x512 so the speed of memory will double and believe your computer will run faster. Also if your memory fails is better to have 512x2 because if one fails you have at least 512 good if you only have 1x1Gb you have to pay the full price
2006-07-10 02:15:16 · answer #2 · answered by drchristian 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pro 1 gig
While a single stick of 1 gig is going to be more expensive then two sticks of 512, when you come around to expansion, prices of Ram should have fallen significently. More importantly, if you get two 512s and only have two RAM slots, you need to remove a 512 meg from the system to replace it with a 1 gig stick. Basically you've only increase to 1.5 gigs of ram and lost use of that 512 meg stick. If you buy just the one stick, you instead go up to 2 gigs of ram without removing any sticks of memory.
Two sticks represents one more chance of something going wrong in your computer.
Pro 512
If something happens to one stick, you still have memory. Two sticks are generally cheaper then a one gig stick.
2006-07-10 03:11:58 · answer #3 · answered by Obvious Child 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
512 X 2 is always better. Latest Intel and AMD processors do take advantage of Dual channel memory. Anyways thats an advantage and even if 1 RAM goes bad 2nd always comes to rescue.
2006-07-10 02:13:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you only have 2 slots and plan to upgrade in the future, go for the 1x1.
if you have multiple slots and/or dont plan to get any more RAM, then 2x512 is cheaper.
the time difference is in microseconds and you wont notice it.
2006-07-10 02:15:20 · answer #5 · answered by Mac Momma 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Allegedly, single chips are faster than multiple chips. Or so Byte Magazine used to say, back in the days when it was publishing benchmarks. But you are looking at microseconds, and who needs to be that fast?
2006-07-10 02:12:33 · answer #6 · answered by whatotherway 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A single chip is slighttly faster but only very slightly. What is important is that ytou buy ddr2 which is apparently twice as fast as ddr1
2006-07-10 02:14:36 · answer #7 · answered by Abhishek D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only difference is that, should one of the RAM sticks fail, you'll have a back up if you go with 2x512MB. But other than that, it's up to you.
2006-07-10 02:12:42 · answer #8 · answered by Quicken 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1x1 is faster ! 2x512 is safer !
I would choose the second one :D
2006-07-10 02:14:53 · answer #9 · answered by iloveu2_004 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does make a difference, but I not sure which can be better.
2006-07-10 02:13:19 · answer #10 · answered by Neeku 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋