Crucial RAM

2007-05-12 04:40:02

#1

scottomus0: Teh forum ghey!; +172|7107|Wigan. Manchester. England.

which is the best RAM out of these 3?

http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Qu … 4294959239

http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Qu … 4294959239

http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Qu … 4294959239

Also which decent, not expensive Motherboard will the best out of the 3 fit?

Or if there is any better ram (Corsair, OCZ etc) for the same priceish.

Cheers

2007-05-12 04:50:29

#2

Mitch92uK: aka [DBS]Mitch92uK; +192|6706|United Kingdom

http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Qu … 4294959239 is the fastest

2007-05-12 04:52:02

#3

Stormscythe: Aiming for the head; +88|7020|EUtopia | Austria

The first one is pretty much the same as the second one - it's rather a slower clocked setting with tougher timings - you could well clock the DDR2-800 also to 1066+ level with CL5, especially because it's crucial ballistix

2007-05-12 05:04:27

#4

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6964|N. Ireland

While another is the fastest, you'll only ever use this. Save some cash and buy that, it's the most you'll use because most motherboards don't support PC2-8000.

2007-05-12 05:04:44

#5

scottomus0: Teh forum ghey!; +172|7107|Wigan. Manchester. England.

So its very overclockable?

also which mobo could it fit then? the mobo needs to be a good OC'er aswell

2007-05-12 05:05:48

#6

scottomus0: Teh forum ghey!; +172|7107|Wigan. Manchester. England.

leetkyle wrote:
While another is the fastest, you'll only ever use this. Save some cash and buy that, it's the most you'll use because most motherboards don't support PC2-8000.

so its only the most expensive mobos that support it then

2007-05-12 05:07:04

#7

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6964|N. Ireland

scottomus0 wrote:
leetkyle wrote:
While another is the fastest, you'll only ever use this. Save some cash and buy that, it's the most you'll use because most motherboards don't support PC2-8000.
so its only the most expensive mobos that support it then

Pretty much, yes. You'll only use PC2-6400 for quite a while yet so save some cash and just get the PC2-6400. Spend the extra cash on some cooling or something.

2007-05-12 05:07:40

#8

scottomus0: Teh forum ghey!; +172|7107|Wigan. Manchester. England.

Will do then which mobo would you reccomend then dude?

2007-05-12 05:12:13

#9

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6964|N. Ireland

The fact that you are buying DDR2 means that you are either on a Core 2 Duo or AMD AM2 Setup, which is it so I can get you a few links?

2007-05-12 05:14:25

#10

scottomus0: Teh forum ghey!; +172|7107|Wigan. Manchester. England.

oh defo c2d. im thinking of gettin e6400 or something like that. im gona OC as soon as i learn too!

2007-05-12 05:30:09

#11

teek22: Add "teek22" on your PS3 fools!; +133|6851|Bromley, London

leetkyle wrote:
The fact that you are buying DDR2 means that you are either on a Core 2 Duo or AMD AM2 Setup

Well I got my new pc for free as my old one broke and I got a free replacement.
I have 2 x 512mb DDR2 RAM 4200 553MHz

And I have a Intel viiv Pentium D 3.0Ghz. It is dual core but not core 2 Duo.

So not everyone will have a core 2 duo set up.

Is it worth changing over to Core 2 Duo?? Because I think my proccessor is fine but evveryone is buying Core 2 Duo procesors. Is it worth me changing over??

2007-05-12 05:32:18

#12

scottomus0: Teh forum ghey!; +172|7107|Wigan. Manchester. England.

definatly. a you can get an e6300 for £100 now. and thats alot better than your Pentium D

2007-05-12 05:34:26

#13

teek22: Add "teek22" on your PS3 fools!; +133|6851|Bromley, London

But my speed at the moment is 3.0Ghz
Surely going down to a 1.83Ghz will be slower??

2007-05-12 05:36:54

#14

scottomus0: Teh forum ghey!; +172|7107|Wigan. Manchester. England.

thats what you think

2007-05-12 05:39:00

#15

teek22: Add "teek22" on your PS3 fools!; +133|6851|Bromley, London

hmm......At the moment though it isn't my priority cos my speed is perfect at the moment. I need to get an extra 1gb of RAM. Cos I have vista and playing bf2 with 1gb isn't all that smooth. It can run a lot more smoother.

2007-05-12 07:44:00

#16

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6964|N. Ireland

Processor speed does not matter. The C2D line are on 65nm architecture (I typed 45 there, I wish!) - a 1.83GHz C2D will outperform a 3GHz Pentium, definetely. As for the RAM, yes you should upgrade. However, it is stupid NOT to upgrade to Core 2 Duo at the minute.

2007-05-12 07:46:54

#17

scottomus0: Teh forum ghey!; +172|7107|Wigan. Manchester. England.

Cryle

what mobo mateyy?

2007-05-12 09:45:43

#18

Stormscythe: Aiming for the head; +88|7020|EUtopia | Austria

scottomus0 wrote:
Cryle

what mobo mateyy?

If you want something cheap, the Gigabyte 965P-DS3 has to be your choice, otherwise DS3P or DS4 for a mid-range mobo. If you don't plan on getting SLI or anything alike, there's absolutely no need for any better (and it's questionable if there is any better atm) than the P965-chipset.

2007-05-12 09:48:57

#19

coke: Aye up duck!; +440|7179|England. Stoke

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu … =MY-093-CR
This a pretty good price on sale till next Thursday.

2007-05-12 12:38:07

#20

Stormscythe: Aiming for the head; +88|7020|EUtopia | Austria

coke wrote:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-093-CR
This a pretty good price on sale till next Thursday.

Again, this is just the same RAM - one time it's DDR2-800 at CL4 and the other time it's DDR2-1066 at CL5 (just different standard settings). Crucial Ballistix use Micron D9 that clock easily to 1066 MHz and more.

2007-05-12 14:20:22

#21

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6964|N. Ireland

I need your processor and graphics card specifications (before I can recommend you a board)

Edit: and a budget?

Last edited by leetkyle (2007-05-12 14:20:44)

2007-05-13 01:43:18

#22

Stormscythe: Aiming for the head; +88|7020|EUtopia | Austria

leetkyle wrote:
I need your processor and graphics card specifications (before I can recommend you a board)

Edit: and a budget?

scottomus0 wrote:
also which mobo could it fit then? the mobo needs to be a good OC'er aswell

me thinks it's got to be an Intel platform

2007-05-13 02:08:18

#23

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6964|N. Ireland

Well yes, but he might have an AMD AM2 setup. All we know is that it uses DDR2 RAM.

2007-05-13 04:10:48

#24

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|7120

IIRC he doesn't have it yet, but he is building a C2D rig.

Something like an Asus P5N-E SLi would be good, which as it happens is what I'm getting. They're also easier to OC than the 965p chipset.

2007-05-13 14:39:21

#25

scottomus0: Teh forum ghey!; +172|7107|Wigan. Manchester. England.

yeah like i said, c2d is what im going for. ive not really got a budget. as cheap as i can get really. my main thing im after is mobo cpu gpu psu and ram and hdd. everything else ive got or will choose myself!

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