1 or 2 chips

[chrislusty]

Hi guys, sorry for the question, but i have a DS3 motherboard and looking to get RAM, at moment i can only afford around the £100 mark, so is it better to get
2x512 or 1x1gb chips?

I know the board supports dual channel so what do you guys recommend.

Cheers

 

[iraiguana]

2x 512mb unless u are looking to upgrade in the near future so that they will run in dual channel and be faster data speeds, than a single 1gb stick.

 

[chrislusty]

Cheers mate, thought that would be the answer, now the next question

Which is better

Corsair 1GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (2x512MB) (MY-112-CS)
or
GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB6400UDC) (MY-057-GL)

both the same price, near enough any way, so out of the two which would you choose?

 

[ted34]

Geil have lower latency than the corsair (c4 rather than c5) so get the geil. Also the geil generally overclocks better than the corsair

 

[chrislusty]

Ok, thanks once again guys!