Corsair TwinX 3200XL or TwinX 3200

[Djee]

Heres the specs of my new computer.
MSI NEO4 Platinum S939 PCI-E
MSI Geforce 6800 128mb
AMD 3500+ S939 venice core

2x512mb of Corsair TwinX 3200XL or 4x512mb of Corsair TwinX 3200.
Because corsair TwinX 3200XL cost about 2 times more than regular Corsair TwinX 3200.

I think im better with all slots of memory full but i want some advice before i make a choice.

Thank You.... :)

[ashmedai]

A64 doesn't like having 4 sticks of double sided...if you need 2GB for some reason you should try to stick with 2x1GB. Also, does it have to be Corsair?

[Djee]

Theres no problem with 4 sticks of memory with venice core... i may be wrong but its supposed to work with it

[ashmedai]

It'll work, sure. But you've got pretty good odds you'll have to run at 2T, which would suck.

[Djee]

so what should i do? buy 2x1024 instead of Corsair PC3200 or 2x512 Corsair PC3200XL?

[ashmedai]

2x1GB if you have reason to think 2GB of memory will help your system's performance (you haven't said yet what you're using the computer for, so I can't comment intelligently on it's usefulness either way).

Otherwise go for 2x512MB (which is usually as much as most things need, and easier/cheaper to get lower latency / higher clock rate memory).

You might check Crucial out, apparently their value line 1GB modules have a fair amount of headroom...I'm still waiting on results as to how much, but it's worth a look. Also where capacity is important speed tends to be less so (and visa versa).