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Best memory for this system being built

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Shadizzy

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Sup, I am putting together this sytem and it seems that all the parts are finally comming in, soo its time to make it real.

I have been reviewing all my parts from various sites and from anandtech of course 😀 but I'll be damned if i dont know which memory to get. I dont care about how much it is, as long as its the best for this system and I am only looking for 1 gig max soo two 512 sticks

Im getting

AMD Athlon 64 FX-55
Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe
2 Geforce 6800GTs
Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro
Lian Li VX1200 Case
Plextor 16x SATA burner (when it becomes available)
Lite on 52x16x dvd burner combo
Western Digital Raptor 74gig SATA Hardrive
2 Western Digial 200 gig SATA Hardrives
Antec TruPower 550Watt PSU
Windows XP Professional
Logitech MX1000 Mouse
Microsoft Natural Pro keyboard (old school version 😛)

If you may have any recommendations for any other item im getting or if there is somthing better please advise me as to so. I really need to get this put together quickly, and most likely ordering will take place on friday...

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!!!
 
Originally posted by: Shadizzy
Sup, I am putting together this sytem and it seems that all the parts are finally comming in, soo its time to make it real.

I have been reviewing all my parts from various sites and from anandtech of course 😀 but I'll be damned if i dont know which memory to get. I dont care about how much it is, as long as its the best for this system and I am only looking for 1 gig max soo two 512 sticks

Im getting

AMD Athlon 64 FX-55
Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe
2 Geforce 6800GTs
Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro
Lian Li VX1200 Case
Plextor 16x SATA burner (when it becomes available)
Lite on 52x16x dvd burner combo
Western Digital Raptor 74gig SATA Hardrive
2 Western Digial 200 gig SATA Hardrives
Antec TruPower 550Watt PSU
Windows XP Professional
Logitech MX1000 Mouse
Microsoft Natural Pro keyboard (old school version 😛)

If you may have any recommendations for any other item im getting or if there is somthing better please advise me as to so. I really need to get this put together quickly, and most likely ordering will take place on friday...

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!!!
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can someone tell me how much will this system cost?
SLI system already
oh, why not get a Ultra320 scsi card? would it be faster?
 
Originally posted by: Azndude51
http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=20-145-524&depa=1
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Thanks a lot for your help guys, I've been a big advocate of corsair memory for quite some time now. So azn thanks for that tip. Now I just want to know whats the big difference if I buy that one or pick up one of these. They are like 360 dollars, but they run at dual channel. I remember picking up some pc3200llpt's about 6 months ago for my old system and they were not dual channel.

Hell, actually i just want to know if dual channel is worth getting and if i buy the memory is that all i need in order to use it.



http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=20-145-535&depa=1

http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=20-145-539&depa=1

These are the other two im wondering about


Thanks again! you guys are great!
 
Originally posted by: Shadizzy
Originally posted by: Azndude51
http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=20-145-524&depa=1
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Thanks a lot for your help guys, I've been a big advocate of corsair memory for quite some time now. So azn thanks for that tip. Now I just want to know whats the big difference if I buy that one or pick up one of these. They are like 360 dollars, but they run at dual channel. I remember picking up some pc3200llpt's about 6 months ago for my old system and they were not dual channel.

Hell, actually i just want to know if dual channel is worth getting and if i buy the memory is that all i need in order to use it.



http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=20-145-535&depa=1

http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=20-145-539&depa=1

These are the other two im wondering about


Thanks again! you guys are great!
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you should get dual channel for any computer from mid range to high end, all you need is the RAM and a mobo that supports dual channel. if you want to spend more money on your memory than a lot of people do on their graphics cards, go for the ones you linked. but why do you need such an expensive and high perfmance computer? imo, you're spending way too much for stuff that will only give you a very minor performance increase over stuff that's hundreds less.

 
I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that the FX-55 doesn't support DDR2 memory. The memory controller is built into the cpu so ddr2 won't do you any good. Don't hold me to this as I'm researching memory for a new computer also.
 
Originally posted by: Shadizzy
Originally posted by: Azndude51
http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=20-145-524&depa=1
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Thanks a lot for your help guys, I've been a big advocate of corsair memory for quite some time now. So azn thanks for that tip. Now I just want to know whats the big difference if I buy that one or pick up one of these. They are like 360 dollars, but they run at dual channel. I remember picking up some pc3200llpt's about 6 months ago for my old system and they were not dual channel.

Hell, actually i just want to know if dual channel is worth getting and if i buy the memory is that all i need in order to use it.



http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=20-145-535&depa=1

http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=20-145-539&depa=1

These are the other two im wondering about


Thanks again! you guys are great!
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Athlons dont work with DDR2.

go with this:
http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=20-146-890&depa=1

 
anything with the new samsung tccd chips will do nicely
they all have timing 2-2-2-5 and can go up to 280HTT at least with 1T

like ocz el platium rev2 or corsair xms xl

also if u want to use Raid-0, u can setup 2 Rapter drives, that should give u a decent boost
but I heard if ur windows ever gets corrupted, wutever data u have in the raid drive is pretty much impossible to retrieve.

but if u keep all ur documents on ur other drives then its fine.

Also u might wanna replace those 200GB WD drives with Maxtor MaxIII(or something) they have 16meg cache so better performance, also they go up to 300GB (or 350 i forgot).

I think hitachi is coming out with similar drives that goes up to 400GB
 
well thanks for that last bit of info, I was close to ordering and I would of been screwed if i wasted money on dual channel mem. as it stands this is the order i placed it should arrive today or tomorrow

11-112-075 CASE LIANLI|PC-V1200B BLACK RTL
(Serial#: xxxxxxxxxxx) 1 $206.00 $206.00

14-130-214 VGA EVGA|GF 6600GT 128-P2-N368-TX
(Serial#: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) 1 $197.50 $197.50
For Tech Support 888/881-EVGA (3842)

17-103-910 POWER SUPPLY ANTEC TRUE550 ATX RTL
(Serial#: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) 1 $99.49 $99.49

20-146-890 DDRAM 2x512MB| OCZ4001024ELDCPER2-K
(Serial#: xxxxxxxxxxxxx) 1 $270.50 $270.50
For Tech support call: 408 986 8400 or email support@ocztechnology.com

22-144-160 HD 74GB|WD 10,000RPM 8MB WD740GD %
(Serial#: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) 1 $177.00 $177.00
This item is serviced by the Western Digital. Please call 800 832 4778 for service.

22-144-359 HD 300GB|MAXTOR 6B300S0 SATA%
(Serial#: xxxxxxxxxxx) 2 $206.00 $412.00
This item is serviced by the Maxtor, Please call 800 262 9867 for service. Web: www.maxtor.com.

27-106-937 CDRW/DVD COMBO52X32X52X16|LTON B RT
(Serial#: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) 1 $42.00 $42.00

29-102-181 Creative SBAudigy4 SB0380
(Serial#: xxxxxxxxxxxx) 1 $274.00 $274.00

if you notice i got the 6600gt for now, cause pci express for the 6800gt is like 500 bucks which is rediculous to buy right now. This card should tide me over until around mid-january and then maybe prices will go down..... The a8n-sli deluxe is kinda tricky to get right away soo I didnt include it in this order as well as the fx-55 since prices are inflated due to the holiday season. Soo after christmas ill most likely get the motherboard and processor. After those two all im left with is the plextor dvd burner which is still on preorder from plextor.com

I had a set of gigaworks s700's but they went up along with my house soo another forum post ive made klipsh was suggested over creative for my next set. Anddddd all thats left is a monitor. There is a 22 inch viewsonic crt monitor at newegg for 435 which is most likely my choice. I tend to think that crt is better than lcd unless someone can prove me otherwise 😀


I cant thank you guys enough for your help. Its always good to have guys watching your back when youre wasting money like i am 🙂


Thanks again!
 
I'd definitely go with one of the 20" flat pannels from dell. $650ish will buy you a new 20" 1600x1200 or a new 20" wide screan... both of which have great pixel response times.
 
Originally posted by Wuzup101
2500 Barton @ 2.3, Alpha 8045, Abit NF7-S, 2x512 corsair XMS pc3200, 2x120 WD SE HDDs, 9800 Pro (425/345) 128mb, Samsung 191T, Enermax 431, Lian-Li PC65 usb
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Hey Wuzup 101,
I started OC'ing and noticed you're running the same CPU, MB and HSF as I am. I just moved my 2500 to 200 on the FSB which gives me just under 2.2mhz. I had a Ram problem with my Crucial PC2700 which ran fine with my 2200 XP and the slower FSB but not at 166. Anyway I had one bad stick of 512 which I found on MemTest so I RMA'd that stick. But now I'm considering dumping the PC2700 altogether and going up to PC3200. Does your Corsair Ram have any issues and is it this model? http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=20-145-524&depa=1 What kind of temps are you running?



 
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