What's the difference?

[The Astroman]

Whats the difference between PC3200, PC2700 and PC2100??? Wich one's best?

 

[The Astroman]

Also, I have two type of RAM sticks holders on my Asus P4P800, 2 blue and 2 black... What's the difference???

 

[joelkyr]

You have to populate first the blue slot(dual chnnel enabling), and alway install 2 identical ram to enable dual channel.

 

[The Astroman]

But what's the difference between PC3200, PC2700 and PC2100 ?

 

[Praetor]

Clock speed.
PC3200 = 200Mhz
PC2700 = 166Mhz
PC2100 = 133Mhz

 

[The Astroman]

So PC3200 is better, right??

 

[kof2000]

Clock speed.
PC3200 = 200Mhz
PC2700 = 166Mhz
PC2100 = 133Mhz

uh pc3200 is 333mhz
pc2700 is 266mhz

but i remember pc2100 is higher than 133mhz

 

[Blue]

hell I could be wrong but I'm sure Praetor has it right.

Anyway Astroman it really depends on the proc. and it's FSB (Front Side Bus) when it comes to choosing what type of ram you want. If you plan on overclocking by turning up the FSB then faster ram is a good idea but never higher then what the motherboard is designed for.

Example a proc. with a FSB of 400 then pc 3200 in dual channel is good... A proc. with a FSB of 333 then pc 2700 is good.

Anyone plz correct me if i'm wrong.

PC2100 - 2.1GB/s bandwidth (DDR266 MHz, SDR133MHz),
PC2400 - 2.4GB/s bandwidth (DDR300 MHz, SDR150MHz),
PC2700 - 2.7GB/s bandwidth (DDR333 MHz, SDR166MHz),
PC3000 - 3.0GB/s bandwidth (DDR366 MHz, SDR183MHz),
PC3200 - 3.2GB/s bandwidth (DDR400 MHz, SDR200MHz),
PC3500 - 3.5GB/s bandwidth (DDR433 MHz, SDR217MHz).


http://www.bit-tech.net/review/175/2

 

[The Astroman]

Here's my mobo spefs:

http://www.asus.com/prog/spec.asp?m=P4P800&langs=01

FSB: 800 / 533 / 400 MHz, so which RAM should I choose??

 

[The Astroman]

You can see my CPU spefs here:

Processor Info (from BIOS)
Socket Designation - CPU 1
Processor Type - Central Processor
Processor Family - Specific Pentium Version
Manufacturer - Intel
Processor Version - Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
Serial Number - To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Asset Tag - To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Part Number - To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Supported Voltage(s) - 3.3, 2.9 Volts
Current Voltage - 3.3 Volts
External Clock - 200 MHz
Maximum Speed - 3600 MHz
Current Speed - 2400 MHz
Processor Status - CPU Socket Populated, Status Enabled
L1 Cache Handle - $05
L2 Cache Handle - $06
L3 Cache Handle - $07

 

[Blue]

go with pc 3200

 

[Praetor]

uh pc3200 is 333mhz
pc2700 is 266mhz

No it isnt.

Like I said PC3200 is 200MHz (400DDR). PC2700 is 166MHZ (333DDR

FSB: 800 / 533 / 400 MHz, so which RAM should I choose??

PC3200 or faster

but I'm sure Praetor has it right.

So am I