Which RAM setup would be better?

[djdelarosa25]

A single stick of 2 GB Kingston DDR2-800

vs

Dual-channel 2 GB Kingston DDR2-667

(two 1GB DIMMs)

vs

Mixed 1 stick 2 GB Kingston DDR2-800 and 1 GB Kingston DDR2-667 (completely different RAM, just same brand, it does work but I dunno of its stability)

[manikyath]

i'm guessing this is with parts you have already?

 

if you have them, just try and see what gives.

[djdelarosa25]

Which would give the best performance?

[djdelarosa25]

The mixed RAM does work. The 800 is just underclocked to 667.

[HelplmChoking]

Two different speeds of RAM will run at the lowest speed. I'd say dual channel if your mobo/CPU supports it and you don't intend to upgrade, otherwise single channel. There shouldn't be too much of a performance difference either way, especially with only 2GB.

[djdelarosa25]

Two different speeds of RAM will run at the lowest speed. I'd say dual channel if your mobo/CPU supports it and you don't intend to upgrade, otherwise single channel. There shouldn't be too much of a performance difference either way, especially with only 2GB.

You're telling me that I should avoid using the 3 GB of mixed RAM even though it is higher in capacity compared to the 2 GB dual-channel one? Can you please explain why?

[HelplmChoking]

You're telling me that I should avoid using the 3 GB of mixed RAM even though it is higher in capacity compared to the 2 GB dual-channel one? Can you please explain why?

Oh my bad sorry, I didn't read it through properly go for the 3GB then, always take more RAM over slightly faster RAM.