Build Advice i7 with dual-channel DDR3?

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  1. Xtrafresh

    Xtrafresh It never hurts to help

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    Hey people!

    I'm looking to build a nice semi-budget workhorse (not so much gaming) machine for a friend, and i'm trying to stretch to i7. In order to Make the platform work on the budget that was set vor me, i could skimp on the memory, and not buy an "i7"-branded triple set, but go for 4GB of "AM3"-intended sticks. Ofcourse i'll make 100% sure that the voltages work out (i know about the low voltage constraints for i7), but i was wondering if that works well at all, since it's always said that 90% of us don't ever use the extra memory bandwidth.

    Any benchmarks anywhere? I couldn't find them :(
     
  2. mm vr

    mm vr The cheesecake is a lie

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    JaredC01 Hardware Nut

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    docodine killed a guy once

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    I think the Intel X58 board had only four slots for memory, give that one a shot.
     
  5. Xtrafresh

    Xtrafresh It never hurts to help

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    Cheers mates, kudos for the linkage, that was exactly what i was looking for :)

    True, but that thing has triplechannel memory support plus one socket that, if filled, reduces the total mem to single channel. Anyway, dual will run on any X58 board. :)
     

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