Ben said:
If you're currently using one stick of RAM at 166MHz, then 2 sticks, in
dual channel at 200MHz should be a bit quicker.
As for stability, that all depends on the problem. If problem is that
the PSU is weak, then the problem will get worse.
Ben
The P4PE is single channel, and is really only a two slot
single channel motherboard at that. Memory slot 2 and slot 3
are cross-wired, so if a double sided DIMM is used in slot 2,
slot 3 must remain blank.
You can plug the two Twinmos modules into the bus, but the
modules will only run as fast as the allowed CPU:mem ratios
on that board allow.
The P4PE has an "overclockers option", which is to be able to
use a FSB800 processor. At that speed (FSB800), only one stick
of memory can be used at DDR400. What that says, is the memory
bus is at its limits at DDR400.
I checked four different 845PE manuals, and there are no
restrictions listed for memory at DDR333 rates. That means
you can use two double sided DIMMs in slot 1 and slot 2, while
keeping slot 3 empty. With the two double sided DIMMs, they can
be run at DDR333. The Twinmos rating of DDR400 will work
fine, as a memory DIMM can be operated at speeds lower than
its top rating, all the way down to DDR200 in most cases.
Two Twinmos DIMMs in a twin-pak will run just fine in
a single channel board, but there is no magic to it. It
would be no different an experience than buying two
DIMMs singly packaged with the same speed specs. As for
the actual stability or quality of that memory, I have
no idea how well it works - there are tons of different
brands out there, and no way to track all of their
performance characteristics.
The only thing that will make the system quicker, is to
do the overclocking option, of using a FSB800 processor
and then being stuck with only being able to use memory
slot 1. That means the processor can go faster, but with
less room for memory.
HTH,
Paul
