Hey all
Long time reader, first time poster!
I'm slowly building my new machine to replace an ageing Athlon XP 3200+...
I've got a P5K Premium in an Antec 900 case, a Creative Fatal1ty card, and I wanna get a Q9450 and a 9600gtx in Jan (or Feb, or whenever) - anyway ...
I'm trying to choose ram, should I get:
http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_ddr2_pc2_8500_reaper_hpc_edition
2 gig of DDR2 8500, rated at 5-5-5-15 or ...
http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_pc2_6400_reaperx_hpc_enhanced_bandwidth_4gb_dual_channel
4 gig of DDR2 6400, rated at 4-4-3-15
I use my pc for recording (ram intensive) and gaming - Crysis, COD4, etc.
4gb of slower stuff will only cost about $AUD 50 more, although I know that Win XP (or Vista 32 bit) will not see all ther ram anyway. Prob even less with a lot of memory on the video card. Will prob just run a mild overclock - I'd be happy with 3-3.3ghz (up from 2.66) ... So, should I get less of the faster stuff? Looking forward to your replies!
Long time reader, first time poster!
I'm slowly building my new machine to replace an ageing Athlon XP 3200+...
I've got a P5K Premium in an Antec 900 case, a Creative Fatal1ty card, and I wanna get a Q9450 and a 9600gtx in Jan (or Feb, or whenever) - anyway ...
I'm trying to choose ram, should I get:
http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_ddr2_pc2_8500_reaper_hpc_edition
2 gig of DDR2 8500, rated at 5-5-5-15 or ...
http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_pc2_6400_reaperx_hpc_enhanced_bandwidth_4gb_dual_channel
4 gig of DDR2 6400, rated at 4-4-3-15
I use my pc for recording (ram intensive) and gaming - Crysis, COD4, etc.
4gb of slower stuff will only cost about $AUD 50 more, although I know that Win XP (or Vista 32 bit) will not see all ther ram anyway. Prob even less with a lot of memory on the video card. Will prob just run a mild overclock - I'd be happy with 3-3.3ghz (up from 2.66) ... So, should I get less of the faster stuff? Looking forward to your replies!