Asus Crosshair ram recommendation.

[Zephyr]

Well, I was thinking about the Corsair Twin2x2048 C4 but I was wondering if there were any other cheaper alternatives. I heard that the Asus Crosshair have a lot ram compatibilty problems. I tried downloading the Qvl list from Asus but their site is being fixed at the moment and I'm ordering my stuff next week. So what I'm looking for is 2 gigs ram with low latencies that's compatible with the crosshair. Thanks for the help.

 

[mad-dog]

The recommended DIMM input voltage is 1.8V, the voltage is adjustable up to 3.45V but ASUS recommends no more than a 10% increase over the 1.8V base voltage which comes out to 1.98V or DIMM socket damage may occur.
I feel you could feed it 2.0V w/o problems...
For optimal performance and overclocking the speed of the RAM should match or be a multiple of the FSB..
I've got 2gig's (4x512) of Geil 1.8V 4 sale if you need to save some money.

 

[rwaritsdario]

My recommendation is not going for the Crosshair

 

[mad-dog]

My recommendation is not going for the Crosshair

I resemble that remark..

 

[Zephyr]

Well, then what asus motherboard would you guys recommend? I picked the crosshair because it had 3 pci slots. I'm pretty new at this, so maybe you guys can help me out.

 

[rwaritsdario]

For AM2? NONE.
The M2N series are so plagged with bugs, compatibility issues, and lousy overclocks that they arent worth it. The Crosshair is very decent, but its incredibly overpriced.

 

[rwaritsdario]

Hype, hype, hype...

 

[Zephyr]

ok then

Well, I decided to go with teh core 2 duos. Uhh what motherboard would you recommend for the e6400?

 

[rwaritsdario]

Completely dependant on budget and purpose.

 

[Zephyr]

Uhh, I don't really need a board that has three pci express slots. I probably need more pci slots then pci express. I'm thinking about adding a tv tuner, probably a sound card. And my budget for the motherboard, is probably 250.

 

[rwaritsdario]

Overclocking? If so, on wich CPU and how much?

 

[Zephyr]

Well, I dunno if I want to overclock. I have no experience in this, but I'm willing to learn. I don't really know the benefits of overclocking besides a higher processing speed. The cpu that I'm planning on is the e6400. I dunno which ram to chose since I dunno what motherboard to buy, but I'm hoping guys can help me out.

 

[rwaritsdario]

I don't really know the benefits of overclocking besides a higher processing speed.

Need anythign more? :lol:

RAM and motherboard choices are generally independant. As long as you pick a good motherboard it wont have any trouble with any RAM you place on it.
P5B Deluxe could be suitable for you.

 

[Zephyr]

Ok thanks. What's the difference p5w and the p5b? And from what I can tell, Asus motherboards are very picky with ram. I have downloaded the qvl list, but I doubt that's all the ram that's compatible with the motherboard.

 

[rwaritsdario]

QVL lists are incomplete and tricky to read. P965 is a mature enough plataform to allow any memory, X975 is just an oldie...
P5B>P5W (except in Crossfire)

 

[Zephyr]

Oic. Well, I wanted to buy nvidia graphic cards...

 

[Zephyr]

Uhh, actually scratch that. I thought if a motherboard was made for crossfire, then it could only use Ati cards. I didn't know could use nvidia cards for ati's chipsets.