I have a Dell Precision T5500 and am looking to upgrade my RAM. The MB has triple channel DIMMs and mine are currently holding 6 1GB sticks. I Use SolidWorks which recommends a minimum of 8GB RAM. My setup has been getting very laggy as I've started doing larger and larger assembly jobs.
Anyways, I understand the main differences between RAM capacities, speeds, pin-counts, CAS-Latency, etc., etc. What I'm not super familiar with is proper channel utilization. Could I see better or similar performance using 3 sticks of 4GB Triple Channel RAM (12GB Total) as I would get using 2 sticks of 8GB Dual Channel RAM (16GB Total).
Also, Dell's recommended RAM is RDIMM (Registered). What differences would I see if, or should I not even consider using Unregistered?
Anyways, I understand the main differences between RAM capacities, speeds, pin-counts, CAS-Latency, etc., etc. What I'm not super familiar with is proper channel utilization. Could I see better or similar performance using 3 sticks of 4GB Triple Channel RAM (12GB Total) as I would get using 2 sticks of 8GB Dual Channel RAM (16GB Total).
Also, Dell's recommended RAM is RDIMM (Registered). What differences would I see if, or should I not even consider using Unregistered?