Help me choose RAM! - Page 3

Technoholic · 04-30-07, 11:04 PM

Ok, you made me feel better, hah. But I don't really think I'll do heavy OC. I just need a RAM that can do OC, and play games fine?

Because I think it's only chipset problem that I need to reinstall because I get frequent BSOD.

Xion X2 · 04-30-07, 11:09 PM

I'm 100% stable at the overclock I'm at now; it's just a drag that I spent so much on this memory/cooling and can't clock it any higher than this.

But when it comes to choosing between the board I have now and the 680i chipset, I'll stick with what I have for stability concerns.

Xion X2 · 04-30-07, 11:12 PM

Something else: Plan on using slots 2/4 or 3/4 to run these. You get system instability using any other combination. And keep your northbridge v-core set to auto.

CaptNKILL · 05-01-07, 07:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by buffbiff21

with AMD chips it is different; they have the memory controller integrated into the CPU and they allow for kinky FSB/RAM settings. AMDs do not use a "front side bus" as we know it but rather a reference clock that can be treated the same as the FSB. but anyway. I have not toyed with my Newcastle since about November 04

so forgive my lack of AMD knowledge.

Wow, I've really been slacking with the hardware knowledge lately... I knew they didn't have FSBs, it just totally slipped my mind.

Anyways, I'm forcing myself to wait for Barcelona before I upgrade my system. If AMD is really going to blow us away, I don't want to be sitting here with $500 worth a parts that I regret buying.

I really want that CPU upgrade though. Too many heavy CPU limitations in games right now, and with physics heavy games like Crysis on the horizon, its only going to get worse.

If I were to go Intel right now though, I'd be getting a P5B (vanilla), an E6600, and I think I'd go with this ram, since people are saying it has some great chips on it:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820144062

Also, I want to cool the CPU with a Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme and a Scythe S-Flex 120mm.

**nekrosoft13** · 05-01-07, 07:11 AM

ram tomorrow!!

and will be building my intel system !!

HURRAY!!

e6600 for now, quad later this year!

NaitoSan · 05-01-07, 12:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xion X2

Technoholic, if it's not too late to cancel, I'd go with a set of these instead:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231113

The P5N32-E SLI Plus is extremely picky about RAM. I have those sticks that you ordered, and they don't work as well with this board as I would've hoped. A friend of mine has these that I linked paired with it, and he's able to overclock his E6600 higher than I can w/ them. They're recognized as SLI-ready by this board while mine aren't.

Wow nice RAM with nice timing. Thanks, I'm getting dual channel for this one. Price's pretty good with $40 off.

**nekrosoft13** · 05-01-07, 01:18 PM

Mushin, Crucial, G. Skill all of those mentioned so far use the same chips Micron D9s

Micron is the parent company of Crucial

**john19055** · 05-04-07, 02:55 PM

A decent set of PC 6400C4 will do fine ,like has been said running at faster speeds shows very little performance gain ,I have ran my at 600 3-3-3-6-1T ,and 800 4-4-4-8-2T and 1200 5-5-5-15-2T and seen less then a 2to 4 percent difference.

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Technoholic Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Under your chair Posts: 1,728	Re: Help me choose RAM! Ok, you made me feel better, hah. But I don't really think I'll do heavy OC. I just need a RAM that can do OC, and play games fine? Because I think it's only chipset problem that I need to reinstall because I get frequent BSOD. __________________ [MY PC] -- 3DMarkVantage: H7522 -- Q9450 @ 3.2GHZ 1.15V \| THERMALRIGHT TRUE BLACK ULTRA-120 \| DFI LANPARTY DK P45-T2RS \| 4GB G.SKILL DDR2-1000 -- EVGA 280GTX \| SAMSUNG 225BW \| X-FI XTREMEGAMER FPS \| Z-5300e \| Z-2300 \| 250GB SEAGATE \| RAZER LACHESIS -- 320GB WESTERNDIGITAL \| TAGAN 700W \| G15 rev. 2 \| NINE HUNDRED \| VISTA HOME PREMIUM -- no longer own this system [MY LAPTOP] -- MAC BOOK PRO 13" \| DUAL BOOT WITH WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE 64-BIT \| 2.3GHz i5 \| 4GB DDR3 \| -- OSX LION \| 320GB HDD -- Girlfriend's laptop is same as mine and it recently fried, lawl [STUFF] -- PSN: lqfocus06 -- AEKDB

04-30-07, 11:09 PM	#26
Xion X2 Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: U.S. Posts: 6,701	Re: Help me choose RAM! I'm 100% stable at the overclock I'm at now; it's just a drag that I spent so much on this memory/cooling and can't clock it any higher than this. But when it comes to choosing between the board I have now and the 680i chipset, I'll stick with what I have for stability concerns. __________________ i7-2700k @ 5.0 GHz Nvidia GeForce 570 2.5GB Tri-SLI Asus P67 WS Revolution (Tri-SLI) OCZ Vertex SSD x 4 (Raid 5) G.Skill 8GB DDR3 @ 1600MHz PC Power & Cooling 950W PSU

04-30-07, 11:12 PM	#27
Xion X2 Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: U.S. Posts: 6,701	Re: Help me choose RAM! Something else: Plan on using slots 2/4 or 3/4 to run these. You get system instability using any other combination. And keep your northbridge v-core set to auto. __________________ i7-2700k @ 5.0 GHz Nvidia GeForce 570 2.5GB Tri-SLI Asus P67 WS Revolution (Tri-SLI) OCZ Vertex SSD x 4 (Raid 5) G.Skill 8GB DDR3 @ 1600MHz PC Power & Cooling 950W PSU

05-01-07, 07:11 AM	#29
nekrosoft13 I'm Geralt Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chicagoland, once a year in Poland Posts: 24,364	Re: Help me choose RAM! ram tomorrow!! and will be building my intel system !! HURRAY!! e6600 for now, quad later this year! __________________ Windows 8 the next big failure, right after Windows ME

05-01-07, 01:18 PM	#31
nekrosoft13 I'm Geralt Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chicagoland, once a year in Poland Posts: 24,364	Re: Help me choose RAM! Mushin, Crucial, G. Skill all of those mentioned so far use the same chips Micron D9s Micron is the parent company of Crucial __________________ Windows 8 the next big failure, right after Windows ME

05-04-07, 02:55 PM	#32
john19055 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: GREENVILLE,TX Posts: 3,851	Re: Help me choose RAM! A decent set of PC 6400C4 will do fine ,like has been said running at faster speeds shows very little performance gain ,I have ran my at 600 3-3-3-6-1T ,and 800 4-4-4-8-2T and 1200 5-5-5-15-2T and seen less then a 2to 4 percent difference. __________________ Intel i7-3820+Corsair H-100+ASROCK X79-Extreme4+16gigs G.Skill PC1600DDR3+2-ASUS DirectCU II GTX-670 in SLI+Crucial 256g-SSD+2- Samsung 1-TB+2-WesternDigtial 640g+LG-12x Blu-Ray Burner+1100w CoolerMaster+Antec-P280 case+50" Plasma PM6700+Logitech Mouse+Keyboard+Pioneer VSX-1020+Polk Audio Speakers

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