Yahoo.Tech: 512MB sticks or one 1GB stick in order to get one gig? Also, is it better to choose a higher frequency when the PC requires, say, 533MHz PC4200 DDR2 SDRAM?

It’s true: Two smaller RAM sticks will perform better than one larger stick. Why? Because the PC can access both sticks in parallel, so your computer can (theoretically) have access to twice the RAMage as it could if you had only the single RAM stick.

Back in the old days when I used to test and review enormous file servers, I’d see vendors use every possible RAM slot in order to take advantage of this effect. It wasn’t uncommon to see a server with eight RAM sockets, each featuring a 128MB RAM chip, for a total of 1GB of RAM.

Mine was completely different. I’ve tried this before i put 2 pcs. 128 RAM in a Celeron 1.4Ghz. When I try putting up a single 256 RAM I found out my computer runs smoother, lesser lag better in gaming. You certainly must try it first to know more about this and which one is really better.

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