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**UncleMacro** · 09-13-2005, 05:45 PM

You don't need new memory. All you need are two sticks which are the same. Sticks sold as dual channel memory are often just two identical sticks which are the exact same speed when tested. With the cheaper RAM I think they just put two of the same sticks in the same package and call them dual channel rather than speed matching them. Speed matched sticks are used primarily by overclockers who want to push the sticks to their maximum speed which would be limited by the slower of the two.

09-13-2005, 05:45 PM	#7 (permalink)
UncleMacro TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,133 OS: Vista SP1 My System	You don't need new memory. All you need are two sticks which are the same. Sticks sold as dual channel memory are often just two identical sticks which are the exact same speed when tested. With the cheaper RAM I think they just put two of the same sticks in the same package and call them dual channel rather than speed matching them. Speed matched sticks are used primarily by overclockers who want to push the sticks to their maximum speed which would be limited by the slower of the two. Last edited by UncleMacro; 09-13-2005 at 05:47 PM.