Recent content by Catul

That's very helpful, thanks - I will check out this memory! I'm trying to figure out what will give me better performance with Photoshop etc., lower timings at higher FSB or higher timings at lower FSB? Your info above is exactly my dilemma - run at DDR2-533 at 3-2-2-4 or DDR2-667 at 4-3-3-8...

Ok, buying the memory is turning out to be a big hurdle - can't quite figure out what I should get. The OCZ 667MHz Dual Channel Enhanced Bandwidth Platinum (OCZ26672048EBDCPE-K) is supposed to be awesome, but it's impossible to find; plus it's over $500 for 2Gb (2x1024) sticks. Which 667MHz...

Ok, the Asus P5WD2 Premium with the Pentium D 830 it is then - seems unaminous, guess you can't go wrong with this board. So now, which memory is the best to use in a 4x1Gb dual-channel configuration? What will give me the fastest memory performance, whether or not I can overclock a little...

I'm putting together a new system which will be used primarily for image editing (Photoshop, etc.), some video editing (Premiere Pro), and the other usual tasks - no gaming. I'd initially thought of getting an AMD X2 4400+ but my video-editing card (Matrox RT.X100) doesn't support the nForce4...

The MSI Mega 180 looks really good, I'm about ready to get one (looks like NewEgg should have it in stock today). Could someone help me with the neccessary CPU/Memory etc? This is going to be a basic workstation, so I don't need the fastest processor or gigs of memory. Thinking of the Athlon...