What do you reccomend?

[Hippy]

I currently have a 512mb stick of DDR400 (PC3200) generic RAM, im looking to give the stick to Doris and upgrade to 1gb of good stuff.

What should i buy for £80-£125ish.

[Blunt]

This 1 looks rather nice

[FBG]

Dont know what type to get but i'd definately read the mobo manual. I couldn't believe my comp was running so badly and after a little bit of investigation i realised the memory sticks were in the wrong banks. Putting them in the correct slots has has made a significant improvement. (memory benchmarks were doubled!)

Also having read the tips on what type of memory to get, if your getting chips larger than 512 make sure there EEC (or is it ECC) parity. (please correct me if this is the wrong term). Basically the memory runs slightly slower but is less likely to have memory errors often encountered with large memory chips.

[RizZy]

Best thing I can say to do is give Norm a nudge & chat to him, even if you end up going for something he can't supply you, he'll give you good info & advice on it all for sure (he's nice like that)

[Cadaver]

Originally posted by Hippy@Jul 8 2005, 02:01 PM
I currently have a 512mb stick of DDR400 (PC3200) generic RAM, im looking to give the stick to Doris and upgrade to 1gb of good stuff.

What should i buy for £80-£125ish.

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A few choices for PC3200 (DDR400) , 1GB - all available from Overclockers.

• Corsair XL Pro ~£125
• OCZ Gold ~£115 (2x matched 512MB DIMMs)
• Crucial Ballistix ~£105
• Corsair XMS Pro ~£85 (single 1GB stick or matched 2x 512MB, higher latency than XL - but still quick)

Flibb's got a valid point, definitely RTFM before buying any memory in case you get the wrong stuff.  Dual channel paired DIMMs are slightly better than using a single DIMM, but this is only really on motherboard chipsets with dual memory controllers (e.g. NVidia nForce2).

I've got 1GB of PC3200 Crucial Ballistix in mine running at 2-2-2-6, seems zippy enough.  Crucial are rock-solid reliability wise (we design their parent company Micron's parts in to stuff here all the time at work), but probably not the best choice if you're a hard core overclocker.

Have a chat with Norm and see what he can come up with.  

Edit: Don't forget to add VAT to the above prices, as I clearly didn't  :oops:

[Norm]

I'm on it,just waiting for update to price lists.

[Norm]

Hippy,a question.Do you overclock? :devil:

Also is it a DC capable mb?

[Hippy]

Hippy,a question.Do you overclock?

Nope.

Also is it a DC capable mb?

DC, erm? explain please.  :dummy:

My mobo is a GA-K8VNXP using the K8T800 chipset.

Supports:
184-pin DDR DIMM
DDR400/333/266/200 DIMM
sticks of 128/256/512/1gb
Only 2.5v DDR DIMM

[Norm]

Try this:   OCZ 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Dual Channel Gold VX EL-DDR CAS2.0 £125 inc p and p  Overclockers price £140.94 exc p and p

DC = dual channel.Sorry for abreviation. :blush:

[Hippy]

Ahh, then its a no.

[Hippy]

Ill give you a PM in the near future Norm.


EDIT:That memory is dual channel, or DC. :narnar: and my mobo doesnt support it

[Norm]

Np Hippy,I also do a nice line in PSU's. :dribble:  

[Hippy]

I got a 550watt already, i sent my broken 400watt back to sphinx and they sent me an upgrade.

[Hippy]

Im confused.

Dual channel paired DIMMs are slightly better than using a single DIMM, but this is only really on motherboard chipsets with dual memory controllers

so i can use the daul-channel RAM but i wont see the benefits?

[Cadaver]

Originally posted by Hippy@Jul 8 2005, 03:53 PM
Im confused.
so i can use the daul-channel RAM but i wont see the benefits?

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Exactly.  Memory sticks that are flogged as dual channel pairs, start out life being manufactured just the same as any other memory stick.  The vendor just goes the extra step to test a pair together, and rubber stamp them as working in a dual-channel setup.  'tis a marketing thing mostly.

You need two separate memory controllers in your motherboard chipset to get the full benefits.  But they'll work just fine on your board.

The only real question you have to ask yourself is: do I want to fill two slots to get 1GB, or just one?

The power consumption with running two DIMMs is marginally higher, yet you don't lose all your memory if a single DIMM fails.  Decisions decisions eh?