Memory Question

[Zotzmein]

I’m thinking of selling my current stick of 128 MB PC100 stick and buying a single stick of 256 Megabyte memory. Is there any advantage, besides the obvious, to having that much RAM on single stick?

Example: is it faster than two sticks of 128 Megs each.

I’m going with Corsair CAS2 but what are the pluses and minuses of using ECC? I realize this style of memory is predominately found in a server environment.

In the distant future I might turn the machine into a server but for the time being it's just for a stand alone workstation.

Also I might turn this machine into a Linux system.

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Basic System Configuration

Abit BX6 Rev. 2 (flashed to the most current bios)
Pentium II 450 MHz.
Windows 98 SE
128 Megs Corsair CAS2

I've got an Abit HotRod 66 controller I will be installing with an IBM 7200 RPM / ATA 66 drive in Feb.

Regards to All,

Zotz Mein


[This message has been edited by Zotzmein (edited 01-22-2000).]

[a Bill]

The only advantage is the freeing up of one slot. It isn't faster and some BIOS's have trouble seeing the bigger sticks. Adding more RAM is almost always a good thing to do though.

[Target]

Hey Zots.....go to the kingston site. They have a pretty good tutorial about memory, different types, and what the advantages are.

[malguru]

target forgive me for asking but what kingston sight? im looking for info on mem too.

cheerz

[socalgal]

http://www.kingston.com/