Asus P5K3 Deluxe and Geil 2GB DDR3

rosarian007

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I am shopping for a new desktop and I was wondering what do you guys think of this combination.

Cool Master Stacker 830 Black
Asus P5K3 Deluxe
Geil 2GB DDR3 - 6-6-6-18 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/...?item=N82E16820144077)
Thermaltake Toughpower 1200W PSU
Intel Core 2 Duo Extreme QX6850 (64bit/32bit)
Asus EN8800ULTRA (http://www.newegg.com/Product/...?Item=N82E16814121074)

2x WD 74GB Raptors
1 Hitachi 1TB external Drive

I have not purchased anything yet because I want to ensure the Geil DDR3 DIMMs would work with the Asus P5K3. Is anyone using this combo'?

I am also curious if this ASUS 8800 Ultra card would fit in a Cool Master Stacker 830 with the Asus P5K3 Board?

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.


 

BenchZowner

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Unfortunately I haven't received any DDR-3 Samples from GeIL yet, so I can't tell you for sure if they're compatible with the P5K3 Deluxe at the moment or not.
I can guarantee you though that the Super Talent W1333UX2G9, W1600UX2G7 & W1600UX2G9, and the Corsair kit ( oh well, this hasn't been released to the market yet ) are working perfectly on the P5K3 Deluxe.

Send an e-mail to GeIL Tech Support they'll probably know because they've been using the P5K3 Deluxe for QC as far as I know.

P.S. Out of curiosity why are you planning to buy this combo, I mean the P5K3 Deluxe and DDR-3 instead of a DDR-2 P35 mobo ? ( like the P5K Deluxe )
 

BenchZowner

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@firewolfsm:

There's no real-life benefit from going to DDR-3 from DDR-2 ( unless you're counting the insignificant difference in SuperPi 1M when running the DDR-3 at extreme voltages and extremely unstable settings just to hit the clocks ).
Memory performance in real-life situations ( gaming, av encoding, cad, 3d, etc ) doesn't matter at all.
Have doubts ? Check my 2 DDR-2 Kits roundups, in the first one we kept the FSB & CPU Frequency intact and played with the RAM only ( timings + frequencies ), in the second one we changed the FSB + RAM Frequency/Timings & FSB/DRAM Ratio, but we kept the CPU frequency intact ( almost the same in most situations )...check the charts and you'll see ;)