IC7-G, which memory?

Ramses

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http://www.googlegear.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80097-15

or

http://www.googlegear.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=85013-1

The 3200 has a little lower latency, the 3500 will likely handle a higher buss speed. Yes?
I'm really out of the loop on DDR in every way.

Plans call for an 800buss 2.4ghz@3gig untill the true 3's get cheaper.
I want 0 compatability problems, none, zilch. Everything I read says this Corsair is some of the best and fastest with least problems or oddaties.

I'd *really* like ECC, but there seems to be very little fast DDR with ECC out there.

So, which one. If there's been good success with the 3200 running higher buss speeds, great, but it has to be practicaly a sure thing. Otherwise, it's the 3500. Someone tell me if I'm completly loopy on this please.

Thanks.. :)
 

YBS1

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If your planning on running at a 5:4 ratio I'd take the pc3200LL for it's tighter timings (and as a bonus better price per gig), as neither of those are at all likely to run 250fsb at 1:1. If you plan on only running that 2.4@3.0 (250fsb) even if it's capable of higher, you may want to look into picking up some memory that is capable of running 250mhz as you could then run the 1:1 ratio. OCZ Gold, Xtreme DDR, and I think Kingston now all have memory capable of 250mhz, with a couple more coming shortly.

I want 0 compatability problems, none, zilch. Everything I read says this Corsair is some of the best and fastest with least problems or oddaties.

The only issue I'm aware of with the 3200LL and the IC7 was failure to post due to the (too aggressive for a canterwood) SPD timings of the memory in the initial shipping bios. This could be gotten around by holding the insert key, then setting the timings manually instead of by SPD.
 

Ramses

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pc3200LL it is then I guess.

I looked into some of the ddr500, and it's just too darn expensive. The 2.4 is a holdover till either a true 3gig when the price falls or prescot, whatever that turns out to be.