pc 2700 or 3200 ?

[mrweirdo]

gona be upgrading my system purchasing new ram and a motherboard. I will still use my curent cpu amd palomino @ 2200+ FSB 266. What would be the best ram to get PC 2700 DDR or 3200 DDR? I might posibly upgrade to a barton core with a FSB of 333 in the future if funds allow.

 

[Dufrane]

Without a doubt go with pc 3200 ram. It will last you longer and it is not that much expensive

 

[saxophonoia]

Originally posted by: Dufrane
Without a doubt go with pc 3200 ram. It will last you longer and it is not that much expensive

 

[MrCodeDude]

Currently, you are running an FSB of 266 (133 x 2). If you upgrade, you'd be running 333 (166 x 2), unless you were planning on overclocking.

PC2100 = 266
PC2700 = 333
PC3200 = 400

So I'd only go with the PC3200 if you were planning on hitting the 400 (2x200) mark.

 

[Zelmo3]

I'd have to disagree with MrCodeDude for two reasons:
1) PC3200 barely costs more than PC2700.
2) I don't know if it's still the case, but "underclocking" your memory (i.e., running PC3200 RAM on a 333MHz FSB) used to offer better latency at the lower speed than was available at the higher speed. So a PC3200 module with a CAS latency of 2.5 might run at 333MHz with CAS 2. That alone would justify spending the extra $6.
Someone let me know if I'm wrong.

 

[Super6]

I'm running PC3200 CAS 2.5 at 2.0 at a 333MHz FSB. Zelmo is correct. Buy the 3200.

Super6

 

[mrweirdo]

will do thnx all