[Gllug] AMD64

[Andrew Farnsworth]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Wright
> Sent: 23 November 2004 00:20
> To: Greater London Linux Users Group
> Subject: [Gllug] AMD64
>
> I'm going to be upgrading my desktop at Christmas to an Athlon 64
> 3500+ with
> an Asus A8V motherboard hopefully. I have a couple of questions though as
> this will be my first entry into high performance desktop stuff:
>
> Any caveats regarding Linux support on AMD64? I presume I'll just
> be able to
> use Linux in 32-bit mode as it's got all the native x86
> instructions as well
> as the x86-64 stuff. Is the Via chipset well supported on Linux? I don't
> intend to use the hardware RAID or SATA stuff (yet), so that's a
> non-issue at
> the moment.
>
> Also, regarding dual channel memory, is it possible just to buy
> two memory
> modules that are the same make and model and use them in a dual channel
> setup, or do I need to actually get a specific dual channel kit?
> I'd like to
> grab just a couple of eBuyer 512MB PC3200 dimms as they're just
> under 50 GBP
> each, and hopefully use them in dual channel mode.


George,
  Since no one has addressed this, I will :) The dual channel memory should
run find with any decent dimms so long as they are the same type and speed,
especially if ordered at the same time from the same vendor.  That said, you
may have issues if they have different numbers of chips etc which is usually
not the issue when ordered in pairs.  You should be find ordering a pair of
the eBuyer dimms unless you are going to try to massively overclock them or
run very very aggressive memory timings, but if what you want is just a
stable dual channel memory system, they should be fine as I have done
exactly this and it works.

Disclaimer: This is my opinion and personal experience and is not a
guarantee :)

Andrew Farnsworth

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