ReBuild/Upgrade/Plasma the thing.....

[Hail Ceasar]

Hello All,

This is sort of a troubleshooting/memory/upgrade/rebuild question. I just upgraded my system to run with all SATA drives, and a new case with better cooling. Now that I did I reinstalled XP Pro SP3, and Total War: Medieval II, and Rome. As well as iTunes and Bitlord. Now it ran for a week or so and it crashed. Ran thorough everything AVG Antivirus didn't pick anything up. No hardware conflicts, then Blue screen of death at least twice a day. Coming from Google research it seems that my system and memory are clashing.

Now I am looking at getting a new EVGA 260 Superclocked, and some memory but do I need a new Mother board? I would like to spend as little as possible as I just upgraded it, but I do want a system to run Empire Total War, and any future games! Any ideas or suggestions based on what I have?

[cadaveca]

Pc3200 Ddr2?

[Xilikon]

Originally Posted by cadaveca

Pc3200 Ddr2?

They do exist, it's really crappy.

[cadaveca]

Yeah, and would be the source of the problem, IMHO.

[Xilikon]

FYI, DDR2 PC2-3200 mean a max FSB of 200 MHz, only suitable with the budget CPU like E21xx or E5xxx and not for the better ones. You really need a PC2-6400 to get the full potential.

[Hail Ceasar]

Thanks Guys, Any suggestions for Memory?

[cadaveca]

pretty much anything at this point will have the same chips, so get what you can afford. pc8500 and pc9600 have the "top" memory IC's on them, but but unless you are overclocking, don't be too concerned about it.

[miggs78]

Well something even like a Patriot Exteme PC6400, Mushkin XP6400.. As long you are not getting no name stuff, or a memory stick from an unknown or useless company you should be fine..

I second Xilikon's suggestion, PC-6400 at the bare minimum at least.

[Babrbarossa]

When you buy the 260, make sure you get the 216 Sc version- and unless it's not any more expensive, just get the regular card and overclock it using the free evga precision tool

[Hail Ceasar]

Thanks guys, I ended up getting a sweet deal on a EVGA 9800 GT Superclocked, at NCIX!
and some Mushkin XP PC2-8000 Redline 4GB DDR2 1000.

Thanks for the help, it is much appreciated!