TheCrunge Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 P4P800 Deluxe P4 3.2GHz Maxtor 120GB HD ATI (aiw) 9800 Pro 128MB Just built this system, been using a Corsair 512MB DDR PC-3200c2 stick (why I didn't buy 2, is beyond me). Anyway, I'm toying with the idea of buying another stick of the same, but I grabbed 2 @ Micron 512MB PC-3200 (cas3) out of my Dual 2GHz G5 PowerMac to check a few things things. I put the 2 Micron's in the P4P800 and Aida gives me great read/write benchmarks, then I toss the Corsair (a better module than the Micron's, I beleive) into the B2 slot (while leaving the other 2 in A1 and B1) and Aida gives me [i]signifigantly[/i] reduced readings. My question is, if I buy another Corsair like the one I have (same part and revision), and I put those in A1 and A2 and put the two Microns in B1 and B2, can I expect those low readings to go away since the B channel will now be running in dual channel? By the way, the Corsair running in slot A1 by itself gives pretty high readings in Aida. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted April 8, 2004 Corsair Employees Share Posted April 8, 2004 More than likely when you install the Cass three modules and our Cass 2 module the memory frequency dropped to DDR333, as this would be what both modules would run at by SPD. Micron Cass 3 @ DDR400 and Cass 2.5 at DDR333 or XMS3200C2 would probably be Cass 2.5 @ DDR400 and Cass 2.0 @ DDR333. The bios will go or set the speed backwards but not over clock a module by default! I would suggest that you use the XMS3200C2 module you have now in another system and just get a Twinx1024-3200LL for best performance. However, if that’s not an option for you I would try and match the part# and revision of the existing module that you have now or you may run into the same issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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