getting a 3400+ (939) what ram should i get?

[calam63]

my Asus A8V and 3400+ are shipped and now i need to figure out what ram I should get? anyone have some suggestions. It will be a gig of ram and thinking Kingston Hyperx - but not quite sure. What are the advantages of ram and will i notice the difference except price? THanks all!

 

[flexy]

No ! Are you overclocking ? Kingston HyperX ONLY if you get a good deal on it, either the $45 rebate or with a free copy of half-life. (newegg) Then its not a bad deal for this kind of ram. But if you are overclocking i think it might be worth spending the $20 or so more and get OCZ 3200 EL rev2 instead of paying almost the same for the Kingston HyperX. (BOTH are kinda pricey).

If you are NOT overclocking just get Corsair/Crucial etc. Value RAM which is about half what these high-end RAMs are. If you spend as much as for $290 or so for a 1gig of OCZ/Kingston/Ballistix etc, then you should KNOW why you spend that much money in advance, eg. if you're a "enthusiast" (luv that word

 

[calam63]

yeah if i were getting the hyperx its a gig for 170 i think they have it out at outpost- probably no overclocking - so valueram? or the cheap hyperx?

 

[flexy]

http://shop4.outpost.com/produ...sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

these ?

for $170 actually not bad ! Not ultra-high end, but still a good deal and should be fast
my $0.2

valueram would not be that much cheaper and probably a notch slower

 

[Hajime]

Actually, that HyperX is a really good deal for that price/amount/etc.

 

[KBtn]

Yeah, $170 is pretty good.

 

[w00t]

you should get the 3500 so you can have winchester core just in case u plan on ocing. just a thought

 

[Kabob]

Why would he need 3500 to run a Winchester...I mean, OCZ Plat Rev2 PC3200 can OC higher than most PC4000 RAM (or maybe all of it). And he doesn't need to run his RAM and HTT 1:1. The jump from PC3200 to PC3500 isn't a big one, and the extra 13MHz isn't going to be a big overclocking factor.

I've heard mixed thoughts about Kingston though. The companies I trust most are OCZ and Mushkin, with Corsair not far behind. Then I'd put Kingmax and Kingston (some may put Kingston a bit ahead, but IMHO, Kingmax is a little better) Patriot (aka PDP) and PQI I have no experience with, but apparently Anandtech likes the PQI Turbo (2-2-2-5 stuff) quite a bit, and I've read that people have had no problems with the Patriot stuff.

So really, the biggest question is...are you plannin on overclocking.

If the answer is yes, either buy some high quality stuff (OCZ EL Platinum Rev.2 PC3200, Mushkin lvl2 black, Corsair XMS Pro) and keep your RAM and HTT syncronized, or get some value stuff and run them 5:6.

If the answer is no, just get some value ram (everybody makes it) or that cheapish Kingston (although that's really not all that cheap)

Personally, I'd try a decent overclock with that setup. Do you know what core your new chip has in it??

Whatever you decide, good luck with the purchase!