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Need advise on memory in new computer
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Need advise on memory in new computer
I'm not really that good with ram and all the details of it(I'm actually pretty clueless) but I need some new RAM for the computer I am building. It will be a A64 3200 on a Neo 2 Platinum motherboard. What would you guys suggest as a good Ram. I want a stick of 1 GB preferably. It would be ok to use just 1 stick right? Or is it better to get 2 sticks of 512 MB? The motherboard has only 4 RAM slots so I was thinking it's better to get the most in one slot that I can. Also I don't want to spend too much. I'm thinking 150 - 200$ range mostly. Maybe more if you guys think that those RAM sticks will be quite a better choice for my system.
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To run the dual channel you have to have two modules, and 1GB modules have really nasty timings and don't overclock well anyway.
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is it a 939 or a 754 system?
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Old AMD Guy, Trying Intel
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Neo2 Platinum is a 939 board.
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well, then u want to get 2 512 sticks, of maybe this or thisboth a little over budget, but amazing ram
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I see so many different versions of pc3200 ram from even the same companies. What is it that makes them all so different from each other? What are the timings and how do they affect the RAM?
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I read most of the stuff this and other forums have about RAM. It's still sorta hard to figure out. What I'm getting is the lower the timings the better? Like 2-2-2-5 is better than 3-3-3-8?
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yes lower the timings the quicker the ram in 1 of the ways, or u could overclock and get more of the memory but the latencys will have to be increased! get the crucial ballistix 2.0cas great i own!
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