DataStream

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I'm in the process of putting together a fairly decent system Spec's are:

Amd Athlon 2500+ Mobile
DFI NF@ Ultra Infinity
Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro
WD Raptor 36.7 GB one

Now my question is the ram I have now is Corsair pc3200 with timings of 2.5-3-3-7. How much of a performance lose am I looking buy running these timings, or is it worth the money buying new ram to run 2-2-2-11. Thanks for any and all information.

Amd Athlon 3200+, DFI NFII Ultra Infinity Mobo, 2 x 256mb Corsair Dual Channel, Radeon 9600 Pro @ 495/330
 

ZZSpaceman

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I would be surprised if you noticed the difference in anything other than memory benchmarks. Save the money and invest in a RAID0 drive setup to augment your Raptor. I don't know how you get by with 37 GB?

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DataStream

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I use the Raptor as a OS, Game drive only. I have a 250GB external drive which I safe everything else to.

Amd Athlon 3200+, DFI NFII Ultra Infinity Mobo, 2 x 256mb Corsair Dual Channel, Radeon 9600 Pro @ 495/330