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Thanks, your're right about DDR2 etc but at least I do have some headroom.
Incidentally, it seems that mem prices have been rising recently largely due
to manufacturers switching to DDR2 production, making the present DDR sticks
a bit scarcer...
> I'm coming in late to this thread. Faster memory shouldn't have any
> problem running at a lower clock speed. However, keep in mind that by
> the time you're likely to upgrade again, the motherboards may be taking
> different memory: DDR2 or something even more advanced.
>If it were
> cheaper to buy faster, then go for the faster. If not, then buy to match
> your motherboard chipset's max FSB.
>
> > In fact its worth having higher speed memory anyway should
> > you wish to overclock your FSB at all.
>
> True.
>
> > In the end I puchased 512mb og Geil
> > PC3500 CAS 2.5 - it runs at CAS 2 fine with quite tight memory timings,
and
> > the 3500 means I have some overclockability even on a DDR400 sytem.
>
> Ah, you already bought it. I should have finished reading the post
> before commenting. Sounds like you're happy with the purchase, as you
> should be.
>
> > I would love to have only 2 sticks of mem, but cannot justify ditching
my
> > existing 2 x 256 to replace with 2 x 512. My understanding of the
> > disadvantage of using 2 slots versus 3/4 is the extra power drawn. So
far as
> > stability goes the advice garnered from overclocking forums is to leave
> > memory slot 3 empty and put the extra stick in 4, which I have done and
all
> > is stable.
> > <somebody@some.domain> wrote in message
> > news:1vb970dstctilrevu9dl0camcis2omirdk@4ax.com...
> >
> >>On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 16:57:27 +0100, "Graham" <gts123@ntlworld.com>
> >>wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Want to add 512mb memory to the 512 I already have.
> >>>Current system running PC2700
> >>>To future proof (a bit), was going to get 2x256 PC3200
> >>>But now I'm confused as I see there is PC4000 & PC4400!
> >>>Eventually I guess I'll go to AMD 64 CPU, but not for a year or so -
any
> >>>recommendations for the spped to go for?
> >>>TIA
> >>
> >>No, I can't say which speed to get.
> >>But you should get _as_few_ memory sticks as possible. I don't think
> >>there's any modern chipset/memory controller that is perfectly happy
> >>with more than two sticks of nonregistered ram.
> >>I'd go for a single stick 512 PC3200 (or check price on PC3700). If
> >>you're getting one of the cheaper A 64s, when it's time, DDR400 might
> >>still be ok.
> >>
> >>ancra
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo
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