I am on the verge of speccing a new build and im beginning to think I have chosen the worst time ever to do one with the transition from/to different sockets and the switch from DDR2 to DDR3 RAM.
Anyway, I digress.
For my budget, I may be able to squeeze out the following:
AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition
Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P
Am I foolish to be getting a DDR3 system which does not support Triple channel configuration?
Do the AM3 CPU's support triple channel or is it just the mobo manufacturers are slow off the mark? I have noticed a few i7 boards with 4 slots although they still support triple channel on 3 of the slots, none of the AM3 boards I have seen have this feature.
Is it a limitation of the current AM3 CPUs or just a limitation of the chipset? Could it be remedied with a BIOS flash if newer AM3 chips supported it or would I need to upgrade everything again?
Or, am I crying over nothing and the gains of triple channel RAM over dual channel are at best negligible?
Many Thanks.
A very confused Gimp
Anyway, I digress.
For my budget, I may be able to squeeze out the following:
AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition
Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P
Am I foolish to be getting a DDR3 system which does not support Triple channel configuration?
Do the AM3 CPU's support triple channel or is it just the mobo manufacturers are slow off the mark? I have noticed a few i7 boards with 4 slots although they still support triple channel on 3 of the slots, none of the AM3 boards I have seen have this feature.
Is it a limitation of the current AM3 CPUs or just a limitation of the chipset? Could it be remedied with a BIOS flash if newer AM3 chips supported it or would I need to upgrade everything again?
Or, am I crying over nothing and the gains of triple channel RAM over dual channel are at best negligible?
Many Thanks.
A very confused Gimp
