NEW RAM ?

[WolfBane]

Hey guys i am looking into new ram what should i buy ?
Right now i am running GSkillPC2-800 4 GIG at CL5-5-5-15 .
I AM RUNNING A MSI mb NEO2 with a Xeon E3110 chip water cooled .
So whats the best 4 gig of ram i can buy and what is ruffly the cost on it ?

[3.0charlie]

NCIX.com - Buy Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X4096-8500C5 4GB 2X2GB PC2-8500 DDR2-1066 CL5-5-5-15 240PIN Memory Kit - TWIN2X4096-8500C5 In Canada.

;)

[WolfBane]

So is this better or faster etc etc ? learning here :)

[3.0charlie]

Faster speed, same timings, same 4Gb. Good price.

[WolfBane]

well looks like i got a winner Will order this tomm eve:)
Thankyou John !!! As always you are a great help !!!!!!!!!
+1

[enaberif]

Originally Posted by WolfBane

well looks like i got a winner Will order this tomm eve:)
Thankyou John !!! As always you are a great help !!!!!!!!!
+1

Unless you really plan to take advantage of that memory the stuff you have is perfectly fine.

[3.0charlie]

Originally Posted by enaberif

Unless you really plan to take advantage of that memory the stuff you have is perfectly fine.

Except that the Gskills died, and he needs replacement sticks.

Dave, even cheaper; looser timings should not be an issue: NCIX.com - Buy Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X4096-8500C5C 4GB 2X2GB PC2-8500 DDR2-1066 CL5-6-6-18 240PIN Memory Kit - TWIN2X4096-8500C5C In Canada..

[DarKStar]

lol ! I can vouch 100% for this brand - I've been using those dual kits from Corsair and they are great, except I use the 4-4-4-12 DDR-2 800 - It's the DHX one I never dared find out if they OC to 1066 ;)

[b1lk1]

Buy the cheapest possible PC2-6400 2X2GB kit possible, run them stock speeds and be happy you didn't waste your money on higher bandwidth stuff that makes absolutely NO difference at all whatsoever in real world use. Running DDR2 any higher than 800MHz CAS 5 will do nothing for real world use. If you must run silly benchmarks for points then you could use more speed.

[DarKStar]

Actually I do horus and hours of rendering and transcoding on my PC and in the long run I do see a difference when you add it all up........ For memory bandwidth intensive apps every little bit helps - for games, when your frame rate is already high, useless, there is only so much the eye can see anyway.......unless you are extremely fussy about that extra 2-5 fps to add to your 160 ! :D