Which is best?

[dallasjoh]

1. 4GB of DDR2-1066MHz @ 5-5-5-15
or
2. 6GB of DDR2-800MHz @ 4-4-4-12

Mostly video editing, photos, and music, my only gaming is FSX.

 

[Guest]

6 GB would be my choice... unless your doing heavy overclocking on an old LGA 775 setup... you won't need the 1066 ram...

 

[boulard83]

as far as i know, maybe the same result ...

depend what you do, Gaming, encoding, working. ?

 

[evongugg]

Please expand.
Is the memory DDR2 or DDR3?
If it's both DDR2, I would go for more memory.

 

[aevm]

It depends on what you're doing. If you just play games, you will probably be better off with 4 GB of faster RAM. If you use programs that needs lots of RAM (editing photos, videos, music, whatever) the 6 GB will serve you better because they will reduce the number of accesses to the hard drive.

 

[rodney_ws]

Please expand.
Is the memory DDR2 or DDR3?
If it's both DDR2, I would go for more memory.

Based on the timings, both are DDR2.

 

[evongugg]

For choice number 2, you will need a 64-bit operating system.
For choice 1, 32-bit or 64-bit are fine.

 

[dallasjoh]

Sorry guys, I should have added more information. I do 90% video editing and photos, very little gaming and it's FSX. I purchased the 4GB (2x2) Kingston HyperX DDR2-1066 on sale for $61.99, thinking I could run it with two sticks (2x1) of my Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2-1066 giving me a total of 6GB of Ram. Both brands are listed at DDR2-1066 5-5-5-15 2.2v. My 4GB (4x1) Tracers will run at 1066 2.2v 5-5-5-15. I can not get the Kingston to run at 1066. I even tried it by itself setting timings, voltage, and speed manually and it would not boot past the ASUS splash screen. I raised the NB voltage to 1.51v and still no post. The Kingston 1066 will post if bios is set to auto, but at 800MHz. The best I have been able to do is the following
Dimms A1-1GB, A2-2GB, B1-1GB, B2-2GB @ 800MHz 4-4-4-12 and 2.2v

I hate to take the memory back because it is not on my MB's QVL so I kinda bought it just hoping I could get it to run together.

Any suggestions, and be kind!!

Here's my current system;

CPU: QX6850 Quad Core Extreme 3.0GHz
Cooler: Zalman 9700 Ultra Blue LED
MB: ASUS Rampage Formula X48
Ram: 4GB Crucial Ballastic Tracer PC2-8500 DDR2 1066Mhz (4X1GB)
VGA: VisionTek HD 3870 512MB GDDR4 Overclocked Edition
HDD: (1) WD Raptor X 150GB (1) 300GB Seagate SATAII & (1) 500GB Seagate SATAII
Optical Drives:2 Plextor 810SA DVD-RW Combo
PSU: Tagan BZ 800W
Case: Antec 900
OS: Vista Ultimate 64bit