Memory channels are one of those quiet design choices that can make a gaming PC feel snappy or strangely sluggish, even when the CPU and GPU look strong on paper. The difference between running a ...

To get a better picture of what this means overall, if we take a look at the overall averages across all five games, we can see that the 9950X is the CPU that benefits the most from the move from ...

I'm retiring my "spare" laptop to crunching.<BR>single channel @ 266 (DDR2-4300)<BR>OR<BR>dual channel @ 200 (DDR2-3200)<BR>i.e i have a 1GiB ddr2-4300 so-dimm and a 256MiB ddr2-3200 so-dimm, put them ...

Dual-channel memory kits are readily available, although buying two of the same RAM module will often be as good, even though the modules won’t have been verified as dual-channel capable together.

As I previously mentioned in an early-January post, late last summer I built up three systems for donation to a local charity for subsequent “back to school” donation to their clients (followed by ...

If you know what RAM is, then you know that it is one of the primary components in a PC, and that it is important that you have at least a certain amount of RAM depending on what you want to do with ...

I am going to try to keep this short. I have an Asus K6502VU laptop that has 16GB of ram. The product page said it can be upgraded to 32GB so naive me bought a 16GB stick not realizing that the 16GB ...

Priced right in the middle of the pack, Apacer offers a stunning looking kit of memory. Not only does it look fantastic, but with the highly binned SK Hynix ICs used, there is plenty of room left for ...

Final Thoughts: Is Single-Channel a Passable Stopgap? So, the big question: is it time to embrace the single life? Well, the benchmarks show a pretty clear picture. If you’re building a no-compromise ...