another ram question..

ok, so, i have a question.

on my cpu i have 3 sticks of ram. 2x256, and those are samsung, and 1x512 kingston, and they have all worked together quite well. however, to my disatisfaction, a bestbuy worker told me taht if i upgarded my mother board, i probably wouldnt be able to keep my ram because it's not dual channel. what program should i download to tell me if it is or isn't dual channel? i have heard everest and aida 32 are good, but i am not into guessing games when it comes to downloading things, so your advice would be much appreciated.

 

IMHO, your ram should be fine. More than likely, that best buy guy/gal wanted you to buy "Dual Channel" memory. Anyway, it is the board that has to support it. The usuall answer is that both memory modules need to be IDENTICAL, for dual channel to work.

But, reading here and there, it appears you just need 2 sticks of ram the same size.

Though, SIS is coming out with a chipset that allows mixmatched pairs of memory to work in dual channel mode.

 

I agree,if your memory isnt dual channel your mobo will just run in single channel,you will just lose a little memory performance,its a feature of the motherboard as the fool said,just like alot of the features that will come with your new mobo that you will probably never use,theres always the possibility the sticks may not work with your new mobo,it may decide to spit its dummy,removing one stick should resolve this issue though,but thats a bridge to cross when you get to it

 

Yeah, just to reiterate, the Best Buy guy doesn't know what he's talking about. Your memory will work just fine in any motherboard that uses DDR. You may or may not be able to run in dual channel, but it will still work...

 

those best buy bastards! im glad i asked you guys about it. saved me some money. thanks!