Chewy509
Wotty wot wot.
Why it often that will compromise for no given reason, other than "because they want to".
Case in example,
A friend of mine is building a new i7 setup for himself.
1. Buys a new i7 based Xeon 3520 CPU. (cheaper than a i7-920 and in stock at supplier, runs at same clock speed as a i7-920).
2. Buys an X58 motherboard. (Gigabyte GA-X58-UD3).
3. Installs 4x 2GB DDR3-800 DIMMS in dual channel mode.
WTF, why is he running dual channel mode, on a setup that will run triple channel fine AND has Reg ECC support?
His reason, is that there is little difference between triple channel and dual channel setups. Far enough, but is using this box for video editing and encoding. AFAIK, encoding is one of the areas where triple channel does make a difference.
And to note, cost was/is not an issue.
I've noticed a lot of people compromise on issues for no valid reason. Anyone had any other experiences, or would like to offer suggestions?
Case in example,
A friend of mine is building a new i7 setup for himself.
1. Buys a new i7 based Xeon 3520 CPU. (cheaper than a i7-920 and in stock at supplier, runs at same clock speed as a i7-920).
2. Buys an X58 motherboard. (Gigabyte GA-X58-UD3).
3. Installs 4x 2GB DDR3-800 DIMMS in dual channel mode.
WTF, why is he running dual channel mode, on a setup that will run triple channel fine AND has Reg ECC support?
His reason, is that there is little difference between triple channel and dual channel setups. Far enough, but is using this box for video editing and encoding. AFAIK, encoding is one of the areas where triple channel does make a difference.
And to note, cost was/is not an issue.
I've noticed a lot of people compromise on issues for no valid reason. Anyone had any other experiences, or would like to offer suggestions?