Shopping for ram

[Reeves]

Im looking into buying some ram, and I need a little help. I know I want PC3200 ram, and atleast a gig of it. Is there anything else I need to know? Is there anything else that defines the speed of the ram? And also, whos a good company to buy good quality ram from? Thanks.

 

[jmecor]

The Latency of the RAM :
should at least be 2.5 for better overclocking

The quality of the RAM :
Corsair / OCZ

THe number of channels that the mobo can support :
if you have a mobo (for ex. nForce2) which supports dual channel, it's recommended using two ram modules on the mobo instead one.

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[jmecor]

and for a desktop system:
Unbuffered non-ECC ram is certainly more important.

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[Reeves]

Well im mainly a gamer, and I want the high performance stuff. I dont overclock ram, nor do I plan to, although I do plan on overclocking my processor. What does ram have to do with overclocking a processor, anyways?

EDIT: Well I think Im gonna get this stuff: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?description=20-144-114
What do you guys think?

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Reeves on 09/29/03 06:37 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[HardWareBoss]

When OC Cpu you have to go into Bios to do it.

 

[HardWareBoss]

When OC Cpu you have to go into Bios to do it.

 

[HardWareBoss]

How much do you want to spend? Will you need Vid card?

 

[ufo_warviper]

Clicky To Reeves' purchase:

<A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?description=20-144-114" target="_new">http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?description=20-144-114</A>


My OS features preemptive multitasking, a fully interactive command line, & support for 640K of RAM!

 

[addiarmadar]

Using a gig of pc3200, your mobo better have 4 banks.

F-DISK-Format-Reinstal DO DA!! DO DA!!

 

[Reeves]

4 banks?

 

[nikorice]

...as in you can fit 4 sticks of ram... that ram is good but if you're going to spend that kind of money I'd probably go with corsair xms ram. They have a chart on their website that you can look up what kind of ram you should get based on your motherboard's chipset and if you're a gamer etc. Corsair is a really good company for making ram for gamers...overclockers and nerds like us

Will work IT for food. Seriously.

 

[yaong]

Maybe you can choose Kingstong or Kingmax.