DDR RAM -- I need your opinions!

[comatoast]

Hello everyone (my first post!),

I am looking at building a new DDR system in the near-mid future ("hopefully" by October or November), but have been quite unhappy with the state of current DDR motherboards (They don't seem to be performing much faster than SDR systems using current software and CPU's perhaps?).

I was wondering if it would be a good idea to pick up a few (2 x 256mb sticks) of DDR RAM now and wait for new motherboards/CPU's come out? I guess another somewhat related question would be how long will PC2100 DDR RAM stay current? I could see Palomino's being a good pair to PC2100 (would pairing a throughbred CPU with PC2100 be the equivilant of using a P4 with PC133 RAM?)... leaving my options open, would those PC2100 DDR sticks be the best non-RAMBUS solution to P4 DDR systems (I heard over a year until we see legit DDR i845 boards?)

I hope I didn't ask too much...

Thanks for all your help!

 

[MrHelpful]

Are you looking for an AMD setup?

Anyway, a Palomino 1.2GHz OCed to 1.5GHz+ along with an EPoX EP-8K7A and 256/512MB Crucial PC2100 memory will rock any SDR system so hard it'll fall over (mainly because most of the SDR motherboards don't support Palominos - I might be wrong about the ASUS A7V133).

 

[MrHelpful]

Oh, and once Crucial starts mass-producing PC2400, then it'll become popular fast.

 

[LuciferHaze]

Oh yes! I can't wait to see what they'll have when I upgrade next summer!!!

 

[comatoast]

Hmm... thanks for the info! I'm thinking it could be anyone's guess, but are RAM prices expected to go up by fall? I was reading somewhere that Micron (along with all other RAM manufactureres) are loosing money big-time and are hoping demand will increase with the release of WinXP (along with prices I'd imagine)..

Will PC2400 RAM have any benefits over PC2100 for non-overclocked Palomino systems (266 Mhz FSB?)?

I wouldn't mind building a Palomino based system... higher-clock speeds and less heat make it very attractive...

 

[Guilty]

Guys, PC2400 will never be an official standard, and crucial only makes memory based on official standards. PC2400 is 150/300, and just as PC150 was pseudo-standard, so is PC2400. The next evolution under JEDEC is PC2700, or 166/333.