Ram Modules -- More or less is better?

I have to buy some registered ECC ram modules...

With the board I am getting (tyan S2880)
I can get:

3 gigs (6x 512meg modules) @ ~$100 total $600 and be maxed out on the board

or I can get

4 gigs (4x 1gig modules) @ ~ $300 EACH!
-- total $1200

 

 

 

 

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