Help Choosing DDR400 For My New System

[joepatudo]

I've decided to have Monarch Computers set up a barebone system for me. They have pretty cheap prices, only charge an $18 service fee, and will throw in Far Cry and HL2 for free. Here is what I've choosen so far...

Thermaltake Xaser III V1000A Tower Case
Enermax EG565P-FMA Rev2.0 ATX2.0 535W PSU
Athlon64 3000+ Winchester CPU w/ Thermaltake A1838 HSF
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI Motherboard
Seagate Barracuda 80GB 7200.7RPM SATA2 HDD w/ NCQ (one for now, will buy another for RAID0 when have more cash)
BFG 6600GT OC (one for now, will put in SLI when I get bigger monitor and can go to a higher rez)

Now all I have to do is decide what flavor of DDR to throw in this puppy. With what money I have left over I've narrowed it down to 2 different choices:

OCZ Enhanced Latency Series Dual Channel
Model# OCZ4001024ELDC-K
Speed: DDR400(PC3200)
Type: 184 Pin DDR SDRAM
Error Checking: Non-ECC
Registered/Unbuffered: Unbuffered
Cas Latency: 2-3-2-6 1T
Support Voltage: 2.6V
Bandwidth: 3.2GB/s
Organization: two 64M x 64 -Bit
Special Features: Ultra Low Noise shielded PCB
Warranty: Lifetime

Corsair XMS TwinX
Model# TWINX1024-3200C2PT
Speed: DDR400(PC3200)
Type: 184 Pin DDR SDRAM
Error Checking: Non-ECC
Registered/Unbuffered: Unbuffered
Cas Latency: 2-3-3-6 T1
Bandwidth: 3.2GB/s
Organization: two 64M x 64 -Bit
Special Features: With Platinum Heat Spreader
Warranty: Lifetime

At Monarch the OCZ is $187 and the Corsair is $181 so pricewise it doesn't really make a difference to me. What do you guys think would run the best in the system I listed above? And do any of you think I should make any other changes on the other components I'm planning to put in my new rig?

 

[nick1985]

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and take your girlfriend out for a nice date with the $100(almost) saved.



oh, i forgot to mention that you wont lose any performance

 

[MisterChief]

Seriously, either will work just fine. There is no performance difference, at least it's not noticeable. But, just for kicks, I would go with OCZ (better timings.) It's your choice.

 

[ribbon13]

I'd replace the PSU

Unless you like noise...

 

[TyKoN]

i reccomend ocz because the timings are a little better, if you think that its worth 6 dollars then get the ocz one.

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: TyKoN
i reccomend ocz because the timings are a little better, if you think that its worth 6 dollars then get the ocz one.

but timings hardly make a difference at all.

 

[sniperruff]

enhanced latency... wouldn't that make them slower? wouldn't you want REDUCED latency?

 

[joepatudo]

Originally posted by: nick1985
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and take your girlfriend out for a nice date with the $100(almost) saved.



oh, i forgot to mention that you wont lose any performance

Are you for real? How will I not lose any performance? If that RAM gave the same performance as the two selections I posted, then why wouldn't everyone get the Value Select RAM?

 

[MisterChief]

Originally posted by: joepatudo

Originally posted by: nick1985
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and take your girlfriend out for a nice date with the $100(almost) saved.



oh, i forgot to mention that you wont lose any performance

Are you for real? How will I not lose any performance? If that RAM gave the same performance as the two selections I posted, then why wouldn't everyone get the Value Select RAM?

Because of inflation, duh! Buisness 101. He has a good point. And the "performance loss" would be negligable, at worst.

 

[mwmorph]

Originally posted by: joepatudo

Originally posted by: nick1985
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and take your girlfriend out for a nice date with the $100(almost) saved.



oh, i forgot to mention that you wont lose any performance

Are you for real? How will I not lose any performance? If that RAM gave the same performance as the two selections I posted, then why wouldn't everyone get the Value Select RAM?

EVERYONE does get value select ram. if you cared enough to read the memory matrix stickied in the cpu thread, you can see ram is the least performance gain per dollar. pc 2100 is only 5% slower than pc3200 in real world(read: non sandra) tests.

the only people that get expensive ram are people that dont do their research and people that want bragging rights with their shiny heatspreaders. with the $100 you save, you could easily bump up to a 3200+ and a 200gig hdd.

 

[MisterChief]

Originally posted by: mwmorph

Originally posted by: joepatudo

Originally posted by: nick1985
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and take your girlfriend out for a nice date with the $100(almost) saved.



oh, i forgot to mention that you wont lose any performance

Are you for real? How will I not lose any performance? If that RAM gave the same performance as the two selections I posted, then why wouldn't everyone get the Value Select RAM?

EVERYONE does get value select ram. if you cared enough to read the memory matrix stickied in the cpu thread, you can see ram is the least performance gain per dollar. pc 2100 is only 5% slower than pc3200 in real world(read: non sandra) tests.

the only people that get expensive ram are people that dont do their research and people that want bragging rights with their shiny heatspreaders.

:laugh:

 

[ribbon13]

OMFG!!!! Performance loss

^^

Disclaimer: Not for those without 'sarcasm' in thier vernacular.

 

[ts3433]

A64s typically don't care much about RAM timings except for command rate (2T is horrible, but you don't need to worry about having to use this unless you have more than two modules). They also don't have to run 1:1 for good performance. This all negates the main reasons that exist for buying really expensive RAM, though some still buy it to run 1:1, have the latencies (for personal preference, perhaps), etc. We're not saying that you'll have exactly the same performance as with cheaper RAM--it will be slightly better with expensive stuff--it's just very difficult to justify paying double for memory because of that.

 

[mwmorph]

Originally posted by: ribbon13
OMFG!!!! Performance loss

^^

Disclaimer: Not for those without 'sarcasm' in thier vernacular.

lol