I am building a budget performance system from parts I have cobbled together. I just bought a new 512mb stick of Buffalo Firestix PC6400 cl5 ram for $30 on EBay. I would like to buy another similar stick, but there is nothing else like it I have been able to find that is comparable in price.
MemoryPro is selling new Samsung PC5300 cl4 512mb ram chips on Ebay for $41. Would these two ram sticks be compatible? I know they will run at the lower speed, but I was hoping to run these in Dual Channel mode at least at 1333FSB. Is this a reasonable idea? Has anybody else mixed ram speeds like this and had it work well?
I plan to buy the Gigabite 965 s3 mb to go with the E6300 I currently have, along with a X800xl I got for $60 on Ebay.
Do you think this Samsung PC5300 ram is really cl4 at MemoryPro or is it a misprint? These budget chips are usually cl5 aren't they??
Another option is to wait for another Firestix PC6400 to come up on Ebay, or perhaps re-sell it and buy two matching Samsung PC5300 chips??
I may also sell my E6300 and replace it with a E4300 or E4400 in a couple of months, then the FSB is not as important with these new cpu's.
Any advice would be welcome... Smile
MemoryPro is selling new Samsung PC5300 cl4 512mb ram chips on Ebay for $41. Would these two ram sticks be compatible? I know they will run at the lower speed, but I was hoping to run these in Dual Channel mode at least at 1333FSB. Is this a reasonable idea? Has anybody else mixed ram speeds like this and had it work well?
I plan to buy the Gigabite 965 s3 mb to go with the E6300 I currently have, along with a X800xl I got for $60 on Ebay.
Do you think this Samsung PC5300 ram is really cl4 at MemoryPro or is it a misprint? These budget chips are usually cl5 aren't they??
Another option is to wait for another Firestix PC6400 to come up on Ebay, or perhaps re-sell it and buy two matching Samsung PC5300 chips??
I may also sell my E6300 and replace it with a E4300 or E4400 in a couple of months, then the FSB is not as important with these new cpu's.
Any advice would be welcome... Smile
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