Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R: which memory is affordable?

[bramdo]

Hi,

I finally made the decision to order a Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R due to its good reviews at ocbench and the ddr 2 and ddr 3 compatibility.
What confuses me is the difficulty to find compatible ram.

1 Am I right that for the moment ddr2 will do fine
2 Secondally, the compatible list on gigabytes website is rather short, kan someone give me advice on affordable ramm's?

Thanks
Bram

 

[Cheex]

First off....Welcome to the forums!!


Now for your questions...

1) For now, any good DDR2 memory will work wonderfully with the new P35 chipset.
2) I have never come across anyone complaining about G.SKILL being incompatible with their motherboard, so that would be a good starting point in my opinion.

In fact, here is a GREAT deal:
G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail

 

[bramdo]

Hello,

thank you for the welcoming and the great advice, I will start to look for G.skill since I live nearby Germany and it's a German brand,
thanks
Bram

 

[Cheex]

You're welcome bramdo.

Keep us posted as to how well its going.

 

[tallman45]

DDR3 is new so it will be tough to find and prices will be high. DDR2 is a great choice right now.

Your DDR2 choices are many. look into Mushkin, they have a nice online forum on their website that can really help if you have any problems or just questions on setup and tuning

 

[Herradura]

The list or ram is only of the sticks they tested. There are way to many brands and versions of ram to test to make a complete list. As far ass compitable RAM I recently bought this set http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820161229 . It has soild quality heatspreaders and OC's well