PC 800 RDRAM

[Bovinicus]

RDRAM is more expensive, but since you already have some as well as a motherboard to support the memory you may as well use it. It is not an inferior technology. In fact, it seems to outperform DDR SDRAM in combination with the P4. PC1066 RDRAM will be better, but PC800 is no slouch. Get another 2x128MB sticks if you have the room for expansion. If not, sell your current memory and replace it with 2x256MB sticks. 512MB is the most you should need.

 

[FordFreak]

Originally posted by: AnAndAustin
Intel P4 RIMM mobos don't use the ICH4 southbridge (IIRC USB2, AGP8x, ATA133 etc), they use the older ICH2.

The gigabyte ga-8ihxp uses the ich4.

 

[Curley]

Originally posted by: CrazySaint

Originally posted by: Curley
If anything, that's an argument against RDRAM because there are plenty of i845G boards with ICH4 that overclock extremly well and are stable. If RDRAM can't handle ICH4 and still be stable and/or OC, then that's a knock against it, IMO.

I believe most I850 boards now come with ICH4 with the workaround for the difference in voltage. But, now you have me curious and I'll have to pick up an I845G chipset and play around with it for a while. What DDR do you recommend if price were not an issue??

Thanks,

Curley

 

[AnAndAustin]

😉 icecube, ECC RAM is completely unecessary for desktop systems and pointless for almost ALL users.

😀 Yup, absolutely nothing wrong with RIMM, it just is no longer worth the expense, but if I had it in my mobo then I'd be happy and certainly wouldn't change mobos. If buying new I would definitely go DDR.

😱 ICH4 isn't certified for use in Intel RIMM mobos, but as always manu's can work their own 'botch jobs' in order to get the support, just another example of what Intel now think of RIMM technology. As for not needing ICH4, you don't, but USB2, AGP8x and ATA133 (IIRC) are not things you want to miss out on ... however these things aren't what most people would consider integrated features (like snd & gfx). QUOTE Curley, "Call me crazy but when I lay a motherboard into a case, I want stability and reliability, not intergration. I see many complaints about the I850E not using ICH4..."

😀 I agree with Bovinicus, 512MB is as much as you need, esp considering RIMM prices.

😉 Curley, PC2700 is the fastest true JEDEC DDR standard, you are trusting more to luck than anything else by buying anything faster (which is supposedly hand-picked PC2700 shown to o/c well). IMHO Crucial DDR RAM is the best, and unlike many other companies they actually under-estimate the RAMs perf, often Crucial PC2700 CL2.5 works VERY happily as PC2700 CL2.0 if not PC3000+. In short I'd forget about anything faster than PC2700, but wouldn't get anything slower.

 

[AnAndAustin]

PC2700/3000 compared in an unlocked AthlonXP2000+ and RAM bought as a consumer not reviewer

😉 HTH!