Difference between PC800 and PC1066 worth it?

[Philippine Mango]

I just installed a P4 3.06 in my dell system and it turns out the system won't work due to me having 45ns memory instead of 40ns memory. The processor I had before was 400mhz fsb but now this is a 533. I was wondering if the cost would be worth it to get PC1066 memory instead of 40ns PC800 memory instead. Whats the performance difference between the two anyways?

I think I'm going to get PC1066 memory anyways because the price difference between the PC800 type of memory I need and 1066/32 is small to non existant. Now what I'm wondering is why ECC memoy is cheaper than non ECC memory. Isn't ECC suppose to be more expensive?? Sure it's suppose to be a bit slower but it shouldn't be that bad, right??

 

[fire400]

at this point in time, it doesn't even matter, the RAM you have is becoming antique stuff, so you're spending your toes on an Atari when everyone else has the Super Nintendo-kind of deal. you're better off putting the money into modern day technology to get the best bang for your buck.

 

[Aluvus]

Given the already horrific cost of RDRAM, the poor inter-compatibility of RDRAM standards, and the general pickiness of Dells about memory, it just wouldn't make sense.

You could probably replace your motherboard, processor, and memory for not much more (or possibly less) than the cost of buying a decent amount of RDRAM (as I type this, lowest-reasonable-price PC1066 RDRAM is $200 for 2 sticks of 256 MB, and almost $500 for 2 sticks of 512 MB). And you could probably make a decent amount selling your existing RAM on eBay. Since it's a Dell, you may need a new power supply and/or case, but again it's comparatively not that big of an expense.

I would drop that thing like a lead hat.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Sell the parts this week, buy a cheap AMD A64 X2 next week after the price drop.

 

[Philippine Mango]

This computer is for my HTPC, I have it configured and everything. I have multiple reasons as to why I upgraded it.
1. Back in '05/'04 I purchased an 8250 motherboard so that I could upgrade the processor to a 533bus processor, that was $200.
2. I took the HDD, imaged it to another, put it into a Sempron 2800+ rig I have, did a repair install and ran windows. Most of the stuff worked fine, except critical things such as ORB Live TV streaming and other such things. I could watch TV normally but I couldn't stream TV over ORB.
3. The reason I imaged the drive and tried it in a Sempron 2800+ rig was because I wanted to see if I could stream TV with out it stuttering (it would stutter every 4 secs cause I was using a P41.7 instead of a 2.4).
4. Since I've spent $200 on a new motherboard for the rig, $200 on a new processor, I feel oblidged to get this thing up and running. So should I just go for some PC800 memory at 40ns, 512MB (all I really need anyways) or, should I pair my newer 3.06 processor with some faster 1066 memory?

Oh and BTW, how much do you think I can sell my 2X64MB memory modules? (PC800,45ns)

 

[fire400]

you could easily sell the sticks for under a hundred bucks

don't feel obliged to upgrade an older computer like that. you're better off putting time and money into a machine that will give you more flawless performance. I'd say don't live yesterday if the world is living for tomorrow's future.

 

[dexvx]

Most Samsung PC800 (with silver heatsinks) will run PC1066 anyways. Try forcing it. Otherwise, just lower the memory multiplier to 3x, and it will run PC800.

 

[stevty2889]

Just get PC800, RDRAM is way to expensive as it is, and definatly not good price/performance. If it's a decent motherboard it will have a divider, so you can run 533mhz FSB with ram at 800mhz.

 

[Philippine Mango]

Sorry, but it's a dell Thats probably why I paid $200+ for the board. I feel incredibly stupid about this purchase, far more than any other computer related purchases such as a PIII 1GHZ Slot 1 processor which upgrades a '98 machine to '00 standards.

 

[fire400]

just try not to think about the past, but what you can do with the money you have now and what you can earn.

I've noticed the difference between people who own mid-range machines and those who own extreme machines.

"the more you know, the more you can POSSIBLY get"

all the reason why mid-range-computer owners are not whining, because they know what they have and know how and where to get more.

VS the owners who just feel like getting a computer and going out to buy whatever the price tag says it will sell for?

get the difference?