I need kick ass ram.

[bluntside]

Hey all, I've got a $260 budget on some ram
Should be plenty of funds, for ram 8O
N E wayz I've got
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Lp DFI NF4 Sli-Dr EXpert
Amd +3700 (San Diego)
Evga 7900gt
X-Fi Xtreme music
2x 150Gb WD raptor X
my RAM Kingston 2gb HyperX its 4 yrs old!!
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My current ram always dumps its memory when I'm playing High intense games, so my verdict is that, the RAM itself is bad.
SO, My question to you all, is, WHAT RAM SHOULD I GET??????
remember my budget is $260. Ive got a Lp DFI NF4 Sli-Dr EXpert.
Now it says maximum of 4gb with a 400mhz speed, I see other ram with 533 mhz speed, what does that mean for my mobo?? Will it run or will it slow down to meet the specs of my mobo's default speed??
RECOMMENDATIONS would be helpful :twisted:
I need a 184 pin. WHat would you guys get for $260??

 

[bluntside]

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=85202
I was looking towards this ram but if you guys can find better let me know. :twisted:

 

[chuckshissle]

This is my pick since I got good experience with Corsairs and OCZ.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145575

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227084

 

[1Tanker]

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=85202
I was looking towards this ram but if you guys can find better let me know. :twisted:

I think we have a winner!! Great choice.

 

[bluntside]

THANX, but do you think there is better?? :twisted:

 

[bluntside]

Can I get some enlightenment with the mem timings??
I have no idea what that means. i se 5-5-5-5 others are like 5-3-2-5??
WTF?? :twisted:

 

[1Tanker]

1 GB modules don't clock as well as 512 or 256 modules. So for DDR500

1GB RAM those are pretty good timings. You can probably get 2GB of

DDR 400 and tighter timings of 2-3-2-5, which the DDR 500 may well do

also, so i think this is about as good as you'll find. 5-5-5 timings are for

DDR2 RAM which runs at higher speed, but looser timings. Your mother

board doesn't support DDR2, so you needn't worry about it. Only the

new AMD AM2 processors, and Intel LGA775 CPU's support DDR2.

 

[Pompeii]

The lower timings, the better. As you see in my sig, my ram runs a 2-3-2-5 timings, which is faster than say, 5-5-5-5 timings.

According to Toms Hardware, performance wise, there is little difference between tight timings and fast clock speeds. Ram clocked at DDR600 with 5-5-5-5 timings will run just as fast as DDR400 at 2-2-2-5 timings, for example. If you can somehow get both low timings and high clock speeds, you'll have some real fast ram on your hands.

Personally, I love OCZ ram. If you noticed, my system is using it, and it has been running flawlessly for about 2 months now. I did have to manually set the timings though, but that wasn't a problem(that was more related to my motherboard than the ram).