1gb (2*512)

iggy101

iggy101

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I want to get a 1gb set of ram for my new asus a8n sli-deluxe mobo and i was wondering what u guys recomend. system recomends DDR 400 (pc 3200).
 
If you are not on a budget i suggest some good RAM from OCZ. I love mine. Also i hear Ballistix makes great RAM although i can't comment i never had them.
 
My G.Skill works perfectly fine, you can overclock with it perfectly fine as well. you just need to set a divider and have it run under DDR450.

But if you get XMS then you can have it run at or over DDR500 speeds.
 
I probably dont wan't to go OVER $100. i dont think i will be overclocking. if i do very moderatley.
My G.Skill works perfectly fine, you can overclock with it perfectly fine as well. you just need to set a divider and have it run under DDR450.

But if you get XMS then you can have it run at or over DDR500 speeds.
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what is a divider?
 
iggy101 said:
I probably dont wan't to go OVER $100. i dont think i will be overclocking. if i do very moderatley.

what is a divider?
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it lets you run the memory lower then what it was designed for. Say i have DDR400 memory (200Mhz), i set the divider to 166Mhz, i overclock my cpu to 2.2Ghz (A64 3200+), it automatically overclocks the FSB, so then im back at having memory that runs at DDR400 speed.
 
actually if you changed the divider to 166mhz you would need an fsb of 240mhz in order to get it to run at ddr400. (not 220mhz like it would take to get the 3200+ to 2.2ghz)
 
fade2green514 said:
actually if you changed the divider to 166mhz you would need an fsb of 240mhz in order to get it to run at ddr400. (not 220mhz like it would take to get the 3200+ to 2.2ghz)
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maybe it was 2.4Ghz... i remember it was either 2.2Ghz or 2.4Ghz that i was able to get my memory to run at DDR400.
 
[-0MEGA-] said:
maybe it was 2.4Ghz... i remember it was either 2.2Ghz or 2.4Ghz that i was able to get my memory to run at DDR400.
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no, trust me. it was 2.4ghz. think about it: (166/200)*240. its simple arithmetic.
 
Hmmm

actually from reading the uides and listening to you guys i might go for some high quality ram so if i ever got into overclocking i could be able to with ease:D :D i have been looking at the ocz gold series. also would it be better to do 1 stick of 1gb or 2 sticks of 512
one stick of 1gb
2 sticks of 512
 
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