DDR3 tri-channel memory best price/buck

[Yella Fella]

Guys,

Been awhile, but looking to upgrade my pc... currently running windows 7 64bit and planning on upgrading to Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz, still looking at choice of motherboard but will make another thread on that after searching.

Anyways, my primary works involves photography in lightroom/photoshop and soon going back to video editing in premiere pro using hi def video.

I'm planning on maximising my memory, but probably 2 tri channel sets at 2GB, so looking at 2x 2GB, or maybe 1GB pending costs.

Is it ok just to get any? I probably won't plan on overclocking at any point, I've bought stuff for my current pc that is far more capable at overclocking but not bothered. Else cheapest memory it is, or is there a minimum I should get? One cheap but reliable is the key. Thanks

 

[Yella Fella]

Who, 12GB memory is a lot of though, I have a bit of experience of overclocking, but that means working back down to the motherboard I require to handle this.

Quick question, does the new i7 chips utilise the triple channel more, because it's an extra stick compared to standard dual channel, or because it works in triples? e.g. would 2 x dual channel ddr3's be better than triple ddr3? 4x1GB compared to 3x1GB?