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Which is better option when the specifications are the same or is there no difference at all?
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2x2GB is better cause it lets you go 4x2GB later 
Thats about it really.
Thats about it really.
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2x2 is better.
Less slots populated on your motherboard.
Some boards have problems with all 4 slots being populated.
Less slots populated on your motherboard.
Some boards have problems with all 4 slots being populated.
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the problem with four slots being populated is that many boards require higher northbridge (aka MCH) voltages set in the BIOS when overclocking, and in some cases (intel P35 chipset) they need the higher volts to even boot.
However, this is really a minor issue in most cases.
There are reasons to go the lesser amount of sticks, but they're not huge things. If you can get 4GB in 1GB sticks cheaper and dont plan to go 8GB, go for that.
However, this is really a minor issue in most cases.
There are reasons to go the lesser amount of sticks, but they're not huge things. If you can get 4GB in 1GB sticks cheaper and dont plan to go 8GB, go for that.
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2x2GB for sure ....... and if you managed to overclock it it'll be better than 4x1GB
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Nice info
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You'll need about .04 more volts on a P45 board, given that the board has good support for 4 loaded dimm slots. You'll also reduce latencey a little with 2x2 compared to 1x4 given the same settings.
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2x2gb because of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231271
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Which IC's do all of those 1200MHz 1.8v sticks use?
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Not sure, they are newer. I believe the newer OCZ blade series use the same. 1300mhz+ should be attainable.
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Yeah I've seen those. I'd like to know what IC's they are, because they certainly aren't Micron D9s. They probably are higher binned Elipedia or Hynix or something and don't scale with voltage. That's what I've seen with higher-end kits nowadays anyway. They stopped putting D9's in the high-clocked stuff.
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They probably use Elpida similar to what are in the blades as I think they are the only ones making ddr2 ones at this time.