Memory for 3200 Venice upgrade - advice needed

[KMKTEXAN]

I am upgrading my computer. Will be getting a A64 3200+ Venice with a XP-90 hsf and ASUS A8N-E or DFI NF4 Ultra. I will be overclocking. I need opinions on what memory to get. I narrowed it down to the following:

CORSAIR XMS 1GB (2x512MB) Model TWINX1024-3200C2PT
CORSAIR XMS 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail

OCZ VX
OCZ 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail

OCZ EL Rev 2
OCZ EL Platinum Revision 2 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail

Corsair XMS 1GB (2x512) Model #: TWINX1024-3200XLPT
CORSAIR XMS 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail

I would be open to others than the ones above as well. Any opinions are welcome.

Thanks,

 

[MobiusPizza]

Since you are running on DFi's board which allows more voltage supplied to the memory - The OCZ Value VX is the cheapest overclockerable ram you can get, at $104.91 no other overclockable ram can beat it. Most people have reported running thouse stable at 2-2-2 timings at 240 FSB at 2.8-3.2 volts.

Anyway I was trying to find an earlier thread on anandtech that proves using high-end ram on athlon 64 rigs yields no performance gain of more than 5%. Even when you overclock the CPU only and locking the frequency of the RAM. Which means you can get bunch of very cheap value RAMs and overclock just your CPU. That saves you 100 bucks.

Someone would like to help me find that thread.Thanks

 

[imported_Kensai]

VX.

 

[MobiusPizza]

Value VX

 

[Davegod]

Not wanting to hijack but it's on similar theme - when would AT'ers guess AMD are likely to switch to a faster FSB/HT? Been a while on PC3200 now.

AnnihilatorX i remember something about AMD64's not being very sensitive to timings also, though i thought they were sensitive to 1T vs. 2T? (not that i have much idea what that is)

 

[SVT Cobra]

OCZ VX baby...nothing beats it

 

[MobiusPizza]

Originally posted by: Davegod
Not wanting to hijack but it's on similar theme - when would AT'ers guess AMD are likely to switch to a faster FSB/HT? Been a while on PC3200 now.

AnnihilatorX i remember something about AMD64's not being very sensitive to timings also, though i thought they were sensitive to 1T vs. 2T? (not that i have much idea what that is)

AMD64 is more sensitive to timing than frequency (i.e. Memory bandwidth)
so getting a am faster than PC3200 for overclocking is not that useful. You can just overclock the CPU alone and get almost the same performance gain than getting a higher clocked ram, overclock CPU+RAM, slower/fast(expensive) timing.

1T command timing is on average 3% faster than 2T command timing