Ram for Athlon64

[Yoda]

I'm going to be building an Athlon64 system running a 3000+ (check this: http://www.theinquirer.org/?article=13187) on a MSI K8T800 mobo. My question is do these systems still need registered RAM? I'm looking at the higher performance end for my ram but the registered is a little out of my price range (1gig). Any suggestions for a good registered ram source, if needed? And, if not, some high perf ram at 512 or 1gig.

Thanks,
-Yoda

 

[Prof133]

Registered RAM is required for the current Athlon64 FX. Use unbuffered RAM with Athlon64 3000+. I favor the memory modules built with Winbond Rev. B chips - Mushkin PC3200/PC3500 Level-II, Corsair XMS PC3500 C2, and OCZ EL PC3500 Platinum Limited Edition, for example - but there should be some cheaper alternatives. Get one 512MB stick if 512MB is the goal and two 512MB sticks if 1GB is the goal.

 

[Yoda]

Excellent, thanks for the reply.

-Yoda