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4gig vs 6gig question

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is there any negitive reason not to run 2x2 + 1x1 in my system for a grand total of 6gigs of memory? i had 2x1gb sticks of crucial ballistix tracers pc2-8500, then i changed os's to 64-bit vista and decided to get more ram. i bought 2x2gb ocz reaper pc2-8500. i popped em in the two empty ram slots and have been enjoying 6gb's of ram since. setup is like this for dual channel and i have confirmed it to be running in dual channel. 1gb crucial ballistix - 2gb ocz reaper - 1gb crucial ballistix - 2gb ocz reaper. i went through all of the everest memory benchmarks and the only thing that changes for the worse with 6gb's installed is the memory copy benchmark which drops about 1000 points. every game and application runs butter smooth and my o/c is 24hrs prime stable as usual. thanx for any comments.
 
I think 4 gigs is the magic spot now and will be for a while. Put the extra ram into another computer.
 
If you've got the spare RAM lying around, there's no reason not to use it, especially since you're using Vista. The extra 2GB should help a little with Superfetch.
 
I am running 6GB (2 x 2GB + 2 x 1GB) on my Desktop. I found 6GB's useful being I run virtual machines. Also if you use ram hungry applications like google earth and or photoshop while doing other things at the same time having 6GB's wont hurt.
 
dennisjai said:
Question, was your games/applications not butter smooth with 4 gigs of ram?
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i never had it set up with 4gigs. like i said above, i had 2gigs, then i bought a 4gig kit and installed it right away beside my already seated 2gig kit. but i would imagine that it would be the same-ish.

i think my question was more directed towards stressing the motherboard's memory controller or something of that sort. as i said, everything is running very well right now. i'm going to stick with 6gigs :)
 
In benchmarks, 4gb should perform better than 6gb. In real world usage, it will depend on what you are using your machine for. If it was my system, I'd test the 4gb setup as it should be as smooth if not smoother with the 2 x 2gb kit.
 
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