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hi.
i'm building new system nad i need some advice. i have amd phenom II x3 t20be, and i'm planning to buy gigabyte ma790xt-ud4p. now i need advice on memory, which should be 4gb. system would be winxp 32bit, but i'm planning to upgrade on win7 when it comes.
thanx.

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Why not install the Windows 7 RC? I don't have a link to it here at work, but I'm pretty sure it is still available.
As to the memory, your board needs DDR3. The articles I have read on the subject suggest that DDR3-1333 is fine; the benefit of DDR3-1600 is too small to be worth the price.
Look for a CAS latency of 7; cheap stuff is 9, which will be slower. Voltage should be as close to 1.5V as possible; much higher means the memory is already overclocked to get whatever timings it has, and at stock will probably be slower and/or unstable.

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Triple-Channel DDR3: 6GB Kit Roundup : Have Memory Manufacturers Dropped The Ball?

http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] 28-10.html

Message edited by evongugg on 08-12-2009 at 02:40:05 PM

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DDR3-1333 Speed and Latency Shootout

http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/0 [...] age26.html

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are win7 rc stable? as for the triple-channel kit, my mobo doesn't support it, so i think it's better to by dual and then some more if needed.

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I've been running the Win7 RC for weeks now without a single crash, hiccup, or glitch.

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tnx. will try.

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