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Nerox   01-20-2008 at 08:06:54 PM

I have 2 gb (2*1gb) of Kingston ValueRam DDR2 667 Mhz, but I want to replace them with two modules of 800 Mhz, but actually I dont know which to get. I want to get some memory for gaming, so wich brand and model do you recommend me? I was looking at newegg and i found these :

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820134583
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820211066
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 820211174´
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820146118

My budget is around 60 dollars, please give me some suggestions.

These are my specs:

ASUS M2N32 SLI Deluxe Wireless edition
AMD 4200 oc to 2.4 GHZ
2 GB Ram 667 Kingston ValueRam
Nvidia 8800 GTS 512 MB
Windows Vista 64bits


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Silverion77   01-20-2008 at 08:14:37 PM
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Are you OCing the memory?

I recommend Crucial Ballistix. Its $50 on newegg. It overclocks very well.

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Nerox   01-20-2008 at 08:53:48 PM
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Well actually I wont overclock the memory because I dont know how, and second my motherboard manual say that it could only support up to 800Mhz memory.
I`ve seen this G.Skill ond newegg:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231098

is that a good deal for $45? which other model would you guys recommend me?

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Silverion77   01-20-2008 at 09:01:32 PM
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That is good but has 5-5-5-15 timings.
I would recommend Patriot, Corsair, and Crucial

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820145034
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820220144
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820146565


Message edited by Silverion77 on 01-20-2008 at 09:02:18 PM
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nhobo   01-20-2008 at 09:07:52 PM
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You are wasting your money. Just get 2 more gigs of the same stuff, you'll *never* notice the difference in memory speed.

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13thmonkey   01-20-2008 at 09:08:12 PM
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why are you upgrading? performance gain will be very small...

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Nerox   01-20-2008 at 10:02:49 PM
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So it is better that it has 4 of latency? cause my actual memory is 5 of latency! sorry but Im not a expert about ram. Im upgrading because my actual memory is Value, I mean for mainstream pc`s and I want something for gaming! Please more recomendation!! remember my budget is up $60 or around

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monst0r   01-20-2008 at 10:40:39 PM
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its not worth the performance increase (if any <5% im sure) to upgrade your memory, especially because you dont overclock..your value ram is fine for gaming

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jitpublisher   01-20-2008 at 11:04:38 PM
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What others have said, you will get more benefit from just adding another 2 gig of the same memory you have.

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major53   01-20-2008 at 11:07:06 PM
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Nerox monstOr has a point:


With more retailers and boutique vendors touting high-speed (low-latency) RAM, two questions leap to mind: What is it, and do I need it? Last things first. Fast RAM is almost never worth the money, unless you're a dedicated gamer or gearhead obsessed with wringing every last millisecond of performance from your system.
Low-latency RAM takes less time to fetch the first bit of data after the CPU sends a column address strobe (CAS) signal to main memory. Such differences add up in tiny fractions of a second as your system processes instructions for the game you're playing or the database you're working with. Vendors list latencies for various memory functions; the first number is the CAS latency (CL), and when it's down to 2 on Intel-based systems (2.5 with AMD CPUs), you're really humming. Such memory carries a high price premium, often 20 to 40 percent more than slower RAM. A 512MB DDR400 module from Crucial, for example, costs about $100 at CL3 and $139 at CL2.
Vendors are careful to downplay any speed advantages. Latency differences may give you only a 2 percent boost in system performance, says John Stroozas, Crucial's director of engineering.
To gauge the benefits, PC World tested a PC with an AMD Athlon 64 CPU and standard memory, and then we swapped in faster RAM from Corsair Memory, Crucial Technology, and Kingston Technology, in turn. Improvement was negligible in most of our tests (see [url=http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,118372,pg,2,00.asp">

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13thmonkey   01-20-2008 at 11:09:54 PM
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Value RAM will work just fine, if you were buying 'better' RAM at the outset the extra $5-15 might be worth it, but not if you are replacing. The performance difference is very small, even in benchmarks that are specifically aimed at memory speed there isn't that much difference.

The 'better' RAM would allow for more overclocking, but thats all. Looking at your system I don't know what you could spend $90 on. Unless you wanted to get to 4Gb,which may give you some benefit as you are running 64bit.

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